County record · Florida

Highlands County

6 Deployments on record

3 Agencies

4 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · none on record Fixed cameras & RTCC · 1 Face recognition · 2 Drones / UAS · 1 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

Highlands County Sheriff's Office

Sebring · 4 deployments · on UnGovr: Highlands County

Body-worn & dashcam

The Highlands County Sheriff's Office uses body-worn cameras.

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

Drones / UAS Vendor: DJI

The Highlands County Sheriff's Office operates two DJI drones as of 2017, 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 College Florida Sheriffs Association

Face recognition Vendor: Idemia

The Highlands 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

Fixed cameras & RTCC

The Highlands County Sheriff's Office implemented its real-time crime center in 2023.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Highlands County Sheriff's Office Website

Lake Placid Police Department

Lake Placid · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Town of Lake Placid

Body-worn & dashcam

The Lake Placid 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

Sebring Police Department

Sebring · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of Sebring

Face recognition Vendor: Idemia

The Sebring Police Department 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

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