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Lee County

18 Deployments on record
6 Agencies
8 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · 3 Fixed cameras & RTCC · 4 Face recognition · 4 Drones / UAS · 2 Gunshot detection · 1 Body-worn & dashcam · 2 Doorbell & camera registry · 1 Cell-site simulators · none on record Predictive policing · 1 Social-media monitoring · none on record

The record, by agency

Fort Myers Police Department

Fort Myers · 8 deployments · on UnGovr: City of Fort Myers

ALPR

The Fort Myers Police Department uses automated license palte readers.

Body-worn & dashcam

The U.S. Department of Justice awarded $37,500 to the Fort Myers Police Department in 2018 as part of the Bureau of Justice Assistance's body-worn camera grant program.

Drones / UAS

The Fort Myers Police Department uses drones.

Face recognition Vendor: Idemia

The Fort Myers 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.

Fixed cameras & RTCC Vendor: BriefCam

The Fort Myers Police Department uses BriefCam software in its Real-Time Crime Center.

Fixed cameras & RTCC

The Fort Myers Police Department launched its real-time crime center in 2018. The RTCC has access to 85 surveillance cameras placed across the city, and ShotSpotter gunshot detection sensors. According to Police Magazine, the RTCC is staffed by officers and civilian crime analysts and housed in the FMPD's Technical Operations Center. The RTCC uses automated license plate readers mounted freestanding or on cruisers in order to capture vehicle plates numbers and compare them to a database of those with possible infractions. The system is also being used to analyze crime and traffic patterns. The RTCC also relies on Live Earth, a $95,000 software tool that integrates several technologies into one map platform for real-time monitoring.

Gunshot detection Vendor: ShotSpotter

The Fort Myers Police Department implemented ShotSpotter gunshot detection at its Real Time Crime Center, which opened in 2018.

Predictive policing Vendor: Geolitica

According to reporting from The Markup, the Fort Myers Police Department used PredPol (now Geolitica) between 2/14/19 and 1/30/21.

Lee County Sheriff's Office

Villas · 4 deployments · on UnGovr: Lee County

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Lee County Sheriff's Office uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers.

Drones / UAS Vendor: DJI

The Lee County Sheriff's Office operates 25 DJI drones as of 2018, according to data compiled by the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College.

Face recognition Vendor: Idemia

The Lee 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.

Fixed cameras & RTCC Vendor: Vintra

The Lee County Sheriff's Office uses Vintra software to analyze video, according to a March 2023 report.

Cape Coral Police Department

Cape Coral · 3 deployments · on UnGovr: City of Cape Coral

ALPR Vendor: Vetted Security Solutions

The Cape Coral Police Department spent $101,445 on Vetted Security Solutions automated license plate readers in 2019.

Body-worn & dashcam

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

Face recognition Vendor: Idemia

The Cape Coral 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.

Keeping Florida Horse Safe

Bonita Springs · 1 deployment

Doorbell & camera registry Vendor: CRIMEWATCH

The Keeping Florida Horse Safe operates a camera registry via CRIMEWATCH.

Lee County Sheriff’s Office

Villas · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Lee County

Fixed cameras & RTCC

The Lee County Sheriff’s Office launched a real-time intellegence center in 2020.

Sanibel Police Department

Sanibel · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of Sanibel

Face recognition Vendor: Idemia

The Sanibel 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.

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