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Nye County

Checked: no program found · 1 agency documented

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Nye County Sheriff's Office

Status
Checked: no program found
Vendors
Sources
KSNV News 3, Sept. 16, 2026; Nye County, Sept. 15, 2026; Pahrump Valley Times, Sept. 25, 2026
  1. Sept. 15, 2026 The agenda for this date's joint meeting scheduled a public hearing on Town of Pahrump Bill No. 2026-04, with Nye County commissioners sitting as the unincorporated town's governing body. The bill would create a new chapter prohibiting town government from buying, installing, running, accessing or using Flock or any other automated license plate reader system. One section is reserved for exceptions and for mutual aid in emergencies. (Nye County, Sept. 15, 2026)
  2. Sept. 15, 2026 The Pahrump Valley Times reported that the bill, proposed by Commissioner Ian Bayne, went nowhere: Commissioner Debra Strickland's motion to reject it and Bayne's motion to approve it each died without a second, and no vote was taken. (Pahrump Valley Times, Sept. 25, 2026)
  3. Sept. 15, 2026 The Pahrump Valley Times reported Undersheriff Cory Fowles telling the board that the sheriff's office neither owns nor operates fixed readers and has no direct access to Flock-connected databases, and that it must ask the Southern Nevada Counter Terrorism Center's Fusion Watch for reader information. Asked by the commission chair whether the law would help or harm the office, he replied, "It maintains the status quo." (Pahrump Valley Times, Sept. 25, 2026)
  4. Sept. 16, 2026 KSNV reported that Pahrump has four Flock cameras, all on private property at a Home Depot, and that Bayne intends to revisit the ban once new commissioners are sworn in, saying he might put it on the calendar for the first January meeting. (KSNV News 3, Sept. 16, 2026)
Conflicts and open questions
  • Recorded as none on the undersheriff's statement, which covers fixed readers and direct access; whether the office uses mobile readers is not stated in the sources.
  • Name spelling conflict: the Pahrump Valley Times writes Cory Fowles, KSNV writes Cory Fowels.
  • Scope conflict: the Pahrump Valley Times says Bayne described the ban as covering fixed readers and not mobile ones. KSNV describes it as covering the Flock brand and readers that collect plate data for searchable government databases, with emergency exceptions, and excluding private property and fixed cameras that do not collect plate data. The agenda title says Flock Safety or other automated license plate reader systems. The bill text itself was not read.
  • The four Home Depot cameras are described as private, so they are not counted as sheriff's office cameras. No owner beyond the location was stated.

Reported by news outlets; agency records not yet obtained.

Statewide

  1. 2025 NRS 484A.600 bars governments and their agents from using photographic, video or digital equipment to gather evidence for traffic or civil infraction citations, except for cameras worn or held by peace officers, equipment in law enforcement vehicles or facilities, and equipment owned by a nongovernmental entity. It limits citation use and does not address plate-reader data collection. FindLaw cautions its copy may not reflect the latest version. (FindLaw, Jan. 1, 2025)
  2. March 22, 2026 The Nevada Independent reported Nevada has no laws regulating plate-reader cameras, that its search found no 2025 bills on them, and that at least five Nevada cities and counties had made Flock agreements over the prior three years. (The Nevada Independent, March 22, 2026)
  3. June 2026 At a June meeting of the interim Judiciary Committee, a representative of the Clark County Public Defender's office called for state action on the technology, the Nevada Current reported. The Review-Journal reported that public defenders in Clark and Washoe counties proposed the bill the committee later requested. (Nevada Current, Sept. 2, 2026; Las Vegas Review-Journal, Aug. 28, 2026)
  4. Aug. 2026 The Joint Interim Standing Committee on the Judiciary voted unanimously to have staff draft a bill for the 2027 session. As reported, it would require agencies using plate readers to adopt written policies, train users, undergo independent audits and report annually to the attorney general, governor and Legislature, based on a Legislative Analysis and Public Policy Association model policy. It is one of up to 15 measures the committee may request. No bill text or BDR number was found. Reports give the day as a Tuesday; a committee brief had tentatively set the final meeting for Aug. 25, 2026. (The Nevada Independent, Aug. 27, 2026; Nevada Legislative Counsel Bureau, Research Division, 2026; KSNV News 3, Sept. 9, 2026; Las Vegas Review-Journal, Aug. 28, 2026)
  5. Aug. 2026 The Nevada Latino Legislative Caucus urged agencies to suspend use of the Flock network until "binding safeguards, meaningful public oversight, and clear accountability measures are established," the Nevada Current reported. News 3 placed the call a few days after the committee vote; the Current reported it by Sept. 2, so the exact date is not established. (Nevada Current, Sept. 2, 2026; KSNV News 3, Sept. 9, 2026)
  6. Aug. 2026 Attorney General Aaron Ford, a candidate for governor, said through his campaign that he does not support Flock cameras until protections are in place. "Until Nevadans have these protections, I do not support the use of Flock cameras," the Review-Journal quoted him. The Nevada Current reported his campaign says he is open to a ban. These are statements; no attorney general opinion or enforcement action on plate readers was found. The Nevada Independent's Sept. 1 newsletter says he gave it the statement on a Thursday; the quote was published Aug. 28. (Nevada Current, Sept. 2, 2026; The Nevada Independent, Sept. 1, 2026; Las Vegas Review-Journal, Aug. 28, 2026)
  7. Aug. 27, 2026 KOLO/FOX5 reported that legislative legal staff described how state law governs officer conduct "according to the Model Act": the cameras may be used to investigate past crimes and the movement of people, vehicles and locations, but not to issue citations. The same report says no law explicitly governs Flock cameras, and it does not say Nevada has adopted the Model Act. (KOLO / Gray, Aug. 27, 2026)
  8. Sept. 2026 Gov. Joe Lombardo, through a spokesman, backed "responsible use" of these tools with "strong safeguards," and declined to say what guardrails he would support or whether he would support a ban, the Nevada Current reported. The statement itself is undated. No executive order on plate readers was found. (Nevada Current, Sept. 2, 2026; FOX5 Las Vegas (KVVU), Sept. 8, 2026)
  9. Sept. 1, 2026 The Nevada Independent reported Flock hired four lobbyists in Nevada during the 2025 session and advocated for a 2025 bill on law enforcement drone purchases, and that three of those lobbyists also represented Axon. (The Nevada Independent, Sept. 1, 2026)
  10. Sept. 9, 2026 The ACLU of Nevada announced that Assemblymember Selena La Rue Hatch (D-Reno) will introduce a 2027 bill, backed by the group, to prohibit Flock and other plate-reader networks in Nevada. The release gives no BDR number, exemptions or penalties. Executive Director Athar Haseebullah has said regulation is not enough and questioned whether existing use is constitutional, saying the Legislature never authorized it; the Nevada Current reported the group is exploring lawsuits. (ACLU of Nevada, Sept. 9, 2026; Nevada Current, Sept. 2, 2026; This Is Reno, Sept. 2026)
  11. Sept. 18, 2026 The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported La Rue Hatch had submitted a bill draft request to ban plate readers and their networks, and that a Flock spokesperson, without addressing the ban directly, said the company supports "thoughtful, bipartisan legislation." (Las Vegas Review-Journal, Sept. 18, 2026)
  12. Oct. 28, 2026 FOX5 Las Vegas reported the ACLU of Nevada and La Rue Hatch were working on a bill draft request for the next session, and repeated the positions of Lombardo, Ford and Las Vegas Metro Sheriff Kevin McMahill, who called plate readers essential tools. The 2027 session begins Feb. 1, 2027, the Nevada Current reported. (Nevada Current, Sept. 2, 2026; FOX5 Las Vegas (KVVU), Oct. 28, 2026)

State agencies

Nevada Highway Patrol (Nevada Department of Public Safety)

Status
Program documented, current use unconfirmed
Vendors
Drivewyze
Cameras
Count not documented
No current count found. The Review-Journal reported one truck-screening van finished and a second expected within several months as of December 2024, each with a plate reader in front and a thermal camera in back.
Sources
GovTech, Dec. 17, 2024; MuckRock, Sept. 19, 2022; Las Vegas Review-Journal, Dec. 2024
  1. Aug. 2009 In a records response, NHP said it had four plate readers assigned in August 2009 and no longer has them or any related data. (MuckRock, Sept. 19, 2022)
  2. 2022 Responding to a public records request filed Sept. 19, 2022, NHP wrote: "Currently, we (the NHP) do not utilize Automated License Plate Readers (ALPR's), either mobile or stationary." It said it had bought Axon Fleet 3 but does not use its plate-reader function, has no plate-reader training or policies, and knows of no sharing agreements with other agencies. The response carries no date we could read; it follows an agency notice estimating completion by Dec. 30, 2022, so it did not come in the month of the request. It also answers items the requester cited as contradicting an earlier reply, including a 2021 Axon press release and an April 2022 news article. (MuckRock, Sept. 19, 2022)
  3. Dec. 2024 The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported NHP was about to start using a federally funded van with a plate reader and thermal camera to pick out trucks for inspection, after a demonstration at an inspection site off Interstate 15. The system draws on federal databases such as truck safety scores. Each van cost more than $700,000 with its technology, paid by a federal grant awarded in 2022. A Drivewyze founder told the paper the company designed the technology. (GovTech, Dec. 17, 2024; Las Vegas Review-Journal, Dec. 2024)
Conflicts and open questions
  • Status is unconfirmed because the latest evidence of plate-reader use is December 2024, before the 12-month window. Nothing opened shows whether the vans are still in use.
  • The 2022 denial predates the vans and concerned general plate-reader use; the two statements do not necessarily conflict, but no source reconciles them.
  • The van reads truck plates as part of commercial vehicle screening. Nothing opened says whether it also reads passenger vehicles or how long data is kept; the Review-Journal article does not address retention.
  • The Review-Journal page shows no date in the text we read. December 2024 comes from the licensed GovTech reprint dated Dec. 17, 2024.

Reported by news outlets; agency records not yet obtained.