r/Scottsdale

1:03am. I’m at Scottsdale rd and McDowell and it was just barely north of me. Absolutely lit up my entire backyard. Like 10-12 seconds long!!!! Haven’t seen one that big, bright, and long in a very long time!

Hello all, sharing from unflockscottsdale.com-

What: Flock is on the City Council agenda
When: Tuesday, October 6 - 5pm
Where: City Hall - 3939 N. Drinkwater Boulevard

We need people to show up! If you're willing to speak, even better. If you want to speak, but not sure what to say, I've included 8 ideas below that you are free to incorporate.

Meeting starts at 5p. If you cannot get there right at 5p, please make an effort to show up anyway. There is a good chance that this meeting will go long. The agenda is here: https://ww2.scottsdaleaz.gov/Assets/ScottsdaleAZ/Council/current-agendas-minutes/2026-agendas/10-06-26-regular-and-work-study-agenda.pdf

Sample Talking Points

Last week, a federal judge in Oklahoma ruled that a police officer's use of the Flock automated license plate reader system to search a woman's vehicle without a warrant violated her Fourth Amendment rights, leading to the dismissal of evidence obtained from that search. This decision marked a significant stance against what the judge described as indiscriminate mass surveillance by law enforcement.

The city has also stated that Flock is not a mass-surveillance tool. Yet Scottsdale’s system records every passing vehicle—whether involved in wrongdoing or not—and stores that information in a searchable database. Users can then investigate travel patterns after the fact. Flock advertises billions of license-plate reads each month across the United States. How does this not constitute mass surveillance? This is a dragnet.

Public records requests indicate that Scottsdale participates, or has participated, in Flock’s National Lookup program. This may explain why Scottsdale Flock data appeared in a public records request from Yakima, Washington. If the City recently changed this setting, it demonstrates how easily the practices discussed tonight could change tomorrow without input or awareness from the City Council or residents.

Regardless of the audit procedures Scottsdale adopts, the city cannot audit how other agencies use data collected through Scottsdale’s Flock system.

The city may state that no personally identifying information is displayed. However, this claim is inconsistent with Flock’s “vehicle-to-person pipeline,” which Flock’s website describes directly.

Democrats and Republicans alike have expressed concerns about lawfare by the opposing side. An executive order could give the federal government access to Scottsdale’s Flock data. Installing the infrastructure is the problem. Policies are weak.

Supporters emphasize that the system can help locate stolen vehicles. If it is as effective as claimed, why do Arizona Department of Public Safety crime statistics show that Scottsdale’s auto-theft clearance rate has remained between 15% and 18% compared with nearly 25% in 2018?

The Oshkosh, Wisconsin initially approved a contract with Flock Safety, but later rescinded it after discovering that Flock's representatives had misrepresented the system's capabilities, specifically denying that it could create heat maps of vehicle movements when it possesses that capability.

>B-movie comedian and Scottsdale resident Rob Schneider has been raging against the city’s recycled water program, which he scoffs at as “toilets-to-tap” – and worse.

>On Sept. 27, Schneider posted a threat to Borowsky on his X/Twitter account:

>“If you keep pushing this toilet water crap proposal, I will run against you in 2028 and become the next mayor of Scottsdale.”

>Deuce Bigelow to City Hall?

>Stay tuned.

I might be a little late to the game to book this, but I am looking for ideas on what to do for my employees as a Christmas party and was wondering if anyone here had any good suggestions.

For reference, there’s 14 of us (including spouses/significant others). I’d like to keep it below $2000, but I’m willing to go over a little if needed. I’m hoping for something tied to an activity, but open to just dinner as well.

Anyone have any good ideas? TIA

Love the fresh air, wish it was this windy all the time, especially during summer 💨

Hi all, I'm visiting USA and here for much longer than planned. About to run out of medication, have prescription from home and CVS won't accept out-of-country paperwork.

Any recommendations for a pharmacy that will dispense on foreign prescription or a doc who will provide USA prescription and not charge me an arm and a leg? My medical insurance doesn't extend to USA so I have to pay out of pocket. ​

Thanks in advance! ​​

Edit - online doc was solid advice, prescription filled in less than 2hrs for less than $70 total. ​

Recovery from a wildfire doesn’t end when the fire is out. There are longer-term questions around forest health, preparedness, funding, project development, and how communities become more resilient before the next emergency.

With those issues especially relevant across the Spokane area right now, the American Indigenous Tourism Association is hosting a free Community Navigator Workshop Sept. 14-15 at Spokane Tribe Resort & Casino.

The workshop will cover wildfire resilience and forest health, along with land stewardship, community planning, project development, grant readiness, and the role Indigenous tourism can play in supporting community and economic resilience.

It’s free to attend, and the conversations are meant to be practical -- not just about responding to wildfire, but about what communities can do next.

Sept. 14–15, 2026
Spokane Tribe Resort & Casino
Free registration

More information and registration:
https://americanindigenoustourism.org/community-navigator-program/