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County record · Alabama

Lauderdale County

5 Deployments on record
3 Agencies
3 Technology categories

Technology presence

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

The record, by agency

Florence Police Department

Florence · 2 deployments · on UnGovr: City of Florence

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Florence Police Department operates eight 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 $69,916 to the Florence Police Department in 2016 as part of the Bureau of Justice Assistance's body-worn camera grant program.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): U.S Department of Justicewww.al.comwww.timesdaily.com

Lauderdale County Sheriff's Office

Florence · 2 deployments · on UnGovr: Lauderdale County

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Lauderdale County Sheriff's Office operates five Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department

Drones / UAS

The Lauderdale County Sheriff's Office operated drones as of 2022.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Meridian StarCenter for the Study of the Drone at Bard Collegeregistry.faa.gov

University of North Alabama Police Department

Florence · 1 deployment

Body-worn & dashcam

The U.S. Department of Justice awarded $5,707 to the University of North Alabama Police Department in 2016 as part of the Bureau of Justice Assistance's body-worn camera grant program.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): U.S Department of Justicewww.una.eduwww.una.edu

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