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Butte County

9 Deployments on record
4 Agencies
6 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · 3 Fixed cameras & RTCC · none on record Face recognition · 1 Drones / UAS · 1 Gunshot detection · 1 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

Butte County Sheriff's Department

Oroville · 4 deployments · on UnGovr: Butte County

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Butte County Sheriff's Office planned to install 12 Flock Safety automated license plate readers in May 2024.

Doorbell & camera registry

The Butte County Sheriff’s Department has a camera registry.

Drones / UAS Vendor: Brinc, Autel

According to the Butte County Sheriff's 2022 military equipiment report, it operates two Brinc drones and planned to acquire two Autel drones.

Face recognition Vendor: Clearview AI

The Butte County Sheriff's Department uses Clearview AI face recognition technology.

Oroville Police Department

Oroville · 3 deployments · on UnGovr: City of Oroville

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

As of April 2024, the Oroville Police Department operates 35 Flock Safety automated license plate readers. The agency stores ALPR data for 30 days.

Body-worn & dashcam Vendor: Vievue

The Oroville Police department purchased 20 Vievue body-worn camera in 2018.

Gunshot detection Vendor: Flock Safety

The Orville Police Department installed 40 automated license plate readers in 2023. The systems are also used for gunshot detection.

Chico Police Department

Chico · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of Chico

ALPR

The Chico Police Department operates automated license plate readers.

Chico State University Police

Chico · 1 deployment

Body-worn & dashcam

The Chico State University Police began using body-worn cameras in 2019.

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