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Indian River County Sheriff's Office
The Indian River County Sheriff's Office has around 140 automated license plate readers as of August 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): WPEC CBS 12WPTV
The Indian River County Sheriff's Office had seven drones with two backups as of 2021.
The Indian River 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 SentinelCenter on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown LawPinellas County Sheriff's Office
The Indian River County Sheriff's Office has a real time crime center.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): LinkedIn
Indian River Shores Public Safety Department
The Indian River Shores Public Safety Department has been using automated license plate readers since 2016 and expanded the system in 2017.
The Indian River Shores Public Safety Department received $10,000 from the Bureau of Justice Assistance to purchase 25 body-worn cameras through the 2022 Small, Rural, Tribal BWC Microgrant program.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Small, Rural, and Tribal Body-Worn Camera microgrant grantee list
The Indian River Shores Public Safety 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 SentinelCenter on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown LawPinellas County Sheriff's Office
Sebastian Police Department
The Sebastian Police Department adopted mobile automated license plate readers in 2019.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): TC Palm
The Sebastian Police Department began using Axon body-worn cameras in 2018, with a plan to equip all 25 officers in the department with body-worn cameras by 2023.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Florida Department of Law EnforcementWPTV - West Plam Beach
The Sebastian 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 SentinelCenter on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown LawPinellas County Sheriff's Office
Vero Beach Police Department
The Vero Police Department has been using drones since at least 2020.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Florida Senate
The Vero Beach 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 SentinelCenter on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown LawPinellas County Sheriff's Office
Fellsmere Police Department
The Fellsmere 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 SentinelCenter on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown LawPinellas 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