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El Dorado County

7 Deployments on record
5 Agencies
4 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · 1 Fixed cameras & RTCC · none on record Face recognition · none on record Drones / UAS · 2 Gunshot detection · none on record Body-worn & dashcam · 3 Doorbell & camera registry · 1 Cell-site simulators · none on record Predictive policing · none on record Social-media monitoring · none on record

The record, by agency

El Dorado County Sheriff's Office

Placerville · 3 deployments · on UnGovr: El Dorado County

ALPR Vendor: Motorola Solutions

The El Dorado County Sheriff's Office uses Motorola Solutions (formerly Vigilant Solutions) automated license plate readers.

Doorbell & camera registry Vendor: Motorola Solutions

The El Dorado County Sheriff's Office maintains a voluntary registry of private and personal surveillance cameras through Motorola Solutions' CityProtect platform.

Drones / UAS Vendor: DJI

The El Dorado County Sheriff's Office operated 13 DJI drones as of 2022.

El Dorado County District Attorney

Placerville · 1 deployment

Drones / UAS Vendor: DJI

The El Dorado County District Attorney operated drones as of 2020.

Placerville Police Department

Placerville · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of Placerville

Body-worn & dashcam Vendor: Axon

The Placerville Police Department bought 20 Axon body-worn cameras for $14,000 in 2020.

Shingle Springs Rancheria Tribal Police Department

Shingle Springs · 1 deployment

Body-worn & dashcam Vendor: Axon

The Shingle Springs Rancheria Tribal Police Department uses Axon body-worn cameras.

South Lake Tahoe Police Department

South Lake Tahoe · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of South Lake Tahoe

Body-worn & dashcam Vendor: Axon

As of 2021, the South Lake Tahoe Police Department use Axon body-worn cameras.

Source: EFF Atlas of Surveillance (Electronic Frontier Foundation & University of Nevada, Reno — Reynolds School of Journalism) · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved July 2026