Pulaski County
County record. Includes every city and agency within Pulaski County.
Technology presence
What these categories mean
- ALPR
- Automated license plate readers (ALPR): camera systems that automatically capture, read, and log vehicle license plates with location and time, producing a searchable record of vehicle movements.
- Fixed cameras & RTCC
- Agency-operated fixed video cameras and the real-time crime centers (RTCC) that aggregate live and recorded feeds for monitoring. Extends the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Atlas, which enumerates real-time crime centers and camera registries but not standalone fixed-camera estates.
- Face recognition
- Software that matches faces in images or video against a reference database to identify or verify individuals.
- Drones / UAS
- Uncrewed aerial systems (UAS), commonly called drones, operated by an agency for overhead observation, imaging, or sensing.
- Gunshot detection
- Networks of acoustic sensors that detect and locate suspected gunfire and alert an agency.
- Body-worn & dashcam
- Officer body-worn and in-vehicle dashboard cameras that record encounters; public access to the footage is frequently restricted.
- Doorbell & camera registry
- Programs that give an agency access to privately owned camera footage: doorbell-camera partnerships, citizen camera registries, and private-camera integration platforms.
- Cell-site simulators
- Devices that mimic cell towers to locate or identify nearby mobile phones. They are often called Stingrays, or IMSI catchers after the international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) number that identifies each phone on a network. Adjacent: communications surveillance outside the visual/sensor core.
- Predictive policing
- Software that forecasts where crime may occur or who may be involved, to direct policing. Adjacent: analytics rather than a sensing deployment.
- Social-media monitoring
- Tools that collect and analyze public social-media activity for an agency. Adjacent: open-source/communications monitoring outside the visual/sensor core.
The record, by agency
North Little Rock Police Department
The North Little Rock Police Department operates 13 Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department
The North Little Rock Police Department opened a real-time crime center in 2024.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Arkansas Times
The North Little Rock Police Department operated Autel Robotics and Brinc drones as of 2023.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Arkansas Democrat GazetteCenter for the Study of the Drone at Bard Collegedronelife.com
Sherwood Police Department
The Sherwood Police Department operates 15 Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department
The Sherwood Police Department operated drones as of 2022.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Arkansas Department of Public SafetyCenter for the Study of the Drone at Bard Collegewww.pressreader.com
The U.S. Department of Justice awarded $48,000 to the Sherwood Police Department in 2019 as part of the Bureau of Justice Assistance's body-worn camera grant program.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): U.S Department of Justice
Alexander Police Department
The Alexander Police Department operates 14 Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department
Alexander Police Department received $4,000 to purchase two body-worn cameras through the Small, Rural and Tribal Body-Worn Camera program in 2024.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): SRT BWC Program
Jacksonville Police Department
The Jacksonville Police Department operates seven Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department
The Jacksonville Police Department received a $25,437 US Bureau of Justice Assistance grant in 2022 for its body-worn camera program.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Bureau of Justice Assistance, US Department of Justice
Cammack Village Police Department
The Cammack Village Police Department operates one Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department
Arkansas State Police
The Arkansas State Police entered a three-year, $40,370.00 contract with Clearview AI for face recognition technology. The contract's current period begins on July 1, 2025 and ends on June 30, 2028.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): State of Arkansas
The Arkansas State Police Department operates three DJI drones as of 2019, according to data compiled by the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard Collegeharrisondaily.comkatv.com
Little Rock Police Department
The Little Rock Police Department uses SoundThinking's ShotSpotter gunshot detection technology. The agency began using ShotSpotter in 2025 and reinstated its contract in April 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Arkansas TimesTHV 11MSN.com
The Little Rock Police Department has an inventory of two drones as of March 2025. The agency sought city council approval for a $56,000 contract to purchase six drones in March 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Arkansas TimesTHV11
The Little Rock Police Department launched a real-time crime center in 2022.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): City of Little RockTHV 11
Little Rock Police Department uses the Fusus camera registry system.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): 404 Media
Little Rock Police Department uses automated license plate readers.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Arkansas DemocratArkansas Democrat Gazette
The U.S. Department of Justice awarded $194,000 to the Little Rock Police Department in 2019 as part of the Bureau of Justice Assistance's body-worn camera grant program.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): U.S Department of Justice
Maumelle Police Department
The Maumelle Police Department received a Small, Rural, and Tribal Body-Worn Camera Program grant for $2,000 for 40 body-worn cameras in 2023.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Justice & Security StrategiesJustice & Security Strategies
Pulaski County Sheriff's Office
The Pulaski County Sheriff's Office operated drones as of 2023.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): KARKPulaski County Sheriff's OfficeCenter for the Study of the Drone at Bard College
The Pulaski County Sheriff's Office purchased 235 body-worn cameras in 2019, using a $440,000 federal grant.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): National Public Radio Branch of University of Arkansas Little RockArkansas Democrat Gazette
Arkansas Department of Fish and Game
Arkansas Department of Fish and Game Commission wildlife officers use Axon body-worn cameras. In early 2022, the commission signed a 10-year contract that also includes Tasers and other digital support services.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): 4State News
Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration
The Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration responds to face recognition requests from FBI’s FACE Services.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Electronic Frontier FoundationGovernment Accountability Office
University of Arkansas Little Rock Police Department
The University of Arkansas Little Rock Police Department uses body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Source: EFF Atlas of Surveillance (Electronic Frontier Foundation & University of Nevada, Reno — Reynolds School of Journalism) · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved July 2026