County record · Florida

Columbia County

6 Deployments on record

2 Agencies

5 Technology categories

Technology presence

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

Columbia County Sheriff's Office

Lake City · 3 deployments · on UnGovr: Columbia County

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Columbia County Sheriff's Office operates 10 Flock Safety automated license plate readers and other cameras as of June 2025. The agency stores ALPR data for 30 days.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Flock Safety

Drones / UAS

The Columbia County Sheriff's Office has a drone program.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Florida Sheriffs Association Columbia County Sheriff's Office Website

Face recognition Vendor: Idemia

The Columbia County Sheriff's Office is one of more than 275 law enforcement agencies with access to the Face Analysis Comparison & Examination System (FACES), a face recognition program maintained by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. Investigators may upload an image to search more than 25-million Florida driver's license photos and mugshots.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Orlando Sentinel Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law Pinellas County Sheriff's Office

Lake City Police Department

Lake City · 3 deployments · on UnGovr: City of Lake City

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Lake City Police Department operates 17 Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department

Body-worn & dashcam

The Lake City Police Department uses body-worn cameras, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement's 2019 Criminal Justice Agency Profile Report.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Florida Department of Law Enforcement WCJB20

Gunshot detection Vendor: Flock Safety

The Lake City Police Department uses Flock Safety Raven gunshot detection technology.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Gulf Live

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