County record · Florida

DeSoto County

3 Deployments on record

2 Agencies

2 Technology categories

Technology presence

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

Desoto County Sheriff's Office

Arcadia · 2 deployments · on UnGovr: DeSoto County

Body-worn & dashcam

The Desoto County Sheriff's Office 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

Face recognition Vendor: Idemia

The Desoto 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

Arcadia Police Department

Arcadia · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of Arcadia

Body-worn & dashcam

The Arcadia 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

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