County record · Alabama

Houston County

6 Deployments on record

2 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 · 2 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

Dothan Police Department

Dothan · 4 deployments · on UnGovr: City of Dothan

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Dothan Police Department operates 30 Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department

Body-worn & dashcam

The U.S. Department of Justice awarded $202,500 to the Dothan Police Department in 2016 as part of the Bureau of Justice Assistance's body-worn camera grant program.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): www.wtvy.com www.dothan.org www.dothan.org

Doorbell & camera registry Vendor: Motorola Solutions

The Dothan Police Department maintains a voluntary registry of private and personal surveillance cameras through Motorola Solutions' CityProtect platform.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): CityProtect

Drones / UAS Vendor: DJI

The Dothan Police Department had at least three DJI drones as of 2020.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): WDHN MDMH Dothan

Houston County Sheriff's Office

Dothan · 2 deployments · on UnGovr: Houston County

Body-worn & dashcam

The Houston County Sheriff’s Office received $130,000 for body-worn cameras to be worn by deputies and jail staff in 2022

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): WDHN

Drones / UAS Vendor: DJI

The Houston County Sheriff's Office operated drones as of 2019.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Rickey Stokes News Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College www.dothaneagle.com

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