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Nevada County

9 Deployments on record
4 Agencies
5 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · 3 Fixed cameras & RTCC · none on record Face recognition · none on record Drones / UAS · 1 Gunshot detection · none on record Body-worn & dashcam · 3 Doorbell & camera registry · 1 Cell-site simulators · none on record Predictive policing · 1 Social-media monitoring · none on record

The record, by agency

Grass Valley Police Department

Grass Valley · 4 deployments · on UnGovr: City of Grass Valley

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

As of April 2024, the Grass Valley Police Department operates 28 Flock Safety automated license plate readers. The agency stores ALPR data for 30 days.

Doorbell & camera registry Vendor: Fusus

Grass Valley Police Department uses the Fusus camera registry system.

Drones / UAS Vendor: DJI

The Grass Valley Police Department operated drones as of 2021.

Predictive policing Vendor: Geolitica

According to reporting from The Markup, the Grass Valley Police Department used PredPol (now Geolitica) between 08/30/18 and 09/03/19.

Nevada County Sheriff's Department

Nevada City · 2 deployments · on UnGovr: Nevada County

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

As of April 2024, the Nevada County Sheriff's Office operates 12 Flock Safety automated license plate readers. The agency stores ALPR data for 30 days.

Body-worn & dashcam

The U.S. Department of Justice awarded $123,000 to the Nevada County Sheriff's Office in 2018 as part of the Bureau of Justice Assistance's body-worn camera grant program.

Truckee Police Department

Truckee · 2 deployments · on UnGovr: City of Truckee

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

As of April 2024, the Truckee Police Department operates 23 Flock Safety automated license plate readers. The agency stores ALPR data for 30 days.

Body-worn & dashcam Vendor: Axon

The Truckee Police Department uses Axon body-worn cameras.

Nevada City Police Department

Nevada City · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Nevada City

Body-worn & dashcam Vendor: Axon

The Nevada City Police Department uses Axon body-worn cameras.

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