County record · Arkansas

Craighead County

8 Deployments on record

4 Agencies

4 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · 1 Fixed cameras & RTCC · 1 Face recognition · none on record Drones / UAS · 2 Gunshot detection · none on record Body-worn & dashcam · 4 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

Jonesboro Police Department

Jonesboro · 4 deployments · on UnGovr: City of Jonesboro

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Jonesboro Police Department’s Real Time Crime Center received a grant in 2023 to purchase and install 34 Flock safety cameras across the Jonesboro area.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): K8 ABC

Body-worn & dashcam

The Jonesboro Police Department received a $7,584 grant from the US Bureau of Justice Assistance in 2022 for its body-worn camera program.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Bureau of Justice Assistance, US Department of Justice

Drones / UAS

The Jonesboro Police Department has a drone program.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Jonesboro Police Department Police1

Fixed cameras & RTCC

The Jonesboro Police Department’s Real Time Crime Center has over 700 cameras across town.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): K8 ABC Police1

Craighead County Sheriff's Office

Jonesboro · 2 deployments · on UnGovr: Craighead County

Body-worn & dashcam

The Craighead County Sheriff's Office received $36,000 from the Bureau of Justice Assistance to purchase 36 body-worn cameras through the 2022 Small, Rural, Tribal BWC Microgrant program.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Small, Rural, and Tribal Body-Worn Camera microgrant grantee list

Drones / UAS

The Craighead County Sheriff's Office operated drones as of 2021.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): KAIT Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College www.kait8.com

Arkansas State University Police Department

Jonesboro · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Arkansas State University

Body-worn & dashcam

The Arkansas State University Police Department uses body-worn cameras.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Bay Police Department

Bay · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of Bay

Body-worn & dashcam

The Bay Police Department received a Small, Rural, and Tribal Body-Worn Camera Program grant for $1,935 for 6 body-worn cameras in 2023.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Justice & Security Strategies Justice & Security Strategies

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