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County record · Florida

Leon County

30 Deployments on record
17 Agencies
6 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · 5 Fixed cameras & RTCC · 3 Face recognition · 12 Drones / UAS · 3 Gunshot detection · none on record Body-worn & dashcam · 6 Doorbell & camera registry · none on record Cell-site simulators · 1 Predictive policing · none on record Social-media monitoring · none on record

The record, by agency

Leon County Sheriff's Office

Tallahassee · 5 deployments · on UnGovr: Leon County

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Leon County Sheriff's Office operates 26 Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.

Body-worn & dashcam

The Leon County Sheriff's Office uses body-worn cameras, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement's 2019 Criminal Justice Agency Profile Report.

Drones / UAS

The Leon County Sheriff's Office created a drone team in January 2021.

Face recognition Vendor: Idemia

The Leon 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

The Leon County Real-Time Crime Center opened on November 2019, but as of 2021 it shared space at Florida State University with the FSUPD's own real-time crime center. The RTCC includes partnerships with Leon County Schools, Leon County Detention Facility, Leon County Courthouse, Florida State University, and the City of Tallahassee. As of April 23, 2019, the system only had access to cameras at Leon County public schools and the county courthouse. The system also allows people who use Ring doorbells to add their camera to the database.

Tallahassee Police Department

Tallahassee · 5 deployments · on UnGovr: City of Tallahassee

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Tallahassee Police Department operates 18 Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.

Body-worn & dashcam Vendor: Axon

The Tallahassee Police Department purchased 410 Axon body-worn cameras in 2018.

Drones / UAS

The Tallahassee Police Department uses drones. The agency received a $75,000 grant from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to pay for new drones in October 2024.

Face recognition Vendor: Idemia

The Tallahassee 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

The Tallahassee Police Department use a real-time crime center.

Florida Highway Patrol

Tallahassee · 3 deployments

ALPR

The Florida Highway Patrol deploys automated license plate readers.

Drones / UAS Vendor: DJI

The Florida Highway Patrol operates one DJI Matrice drone as of 2018, according to data compiled by the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College.

Face recognition Vendor: Idemia

The Florida Highway Patrol 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.

Florida State University Police Department

Tallahassee · 3 deployments · on UnGovr: Florida State University

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Florida State University Police Department operates 15 Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.

Body-worn & dashcam Vendor: Coban

The Florida State University Police Department began using body-worn cameras as early as 2014.

Fixed cameras & RTCC Vendor: Genetec

Florida State University Police Department launched a $2.3-million real-time crime center in March 2021.

Florida Department of Law Enforcement - Tallahassee

Tallahassee · 2 deployments

Cell-site simulators Vendor: Nyxcell

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement purchased a Nyxcell cell site simulator and a FalcoNet airborne cell-site simulator. The cell-site simulator is part of a $3.13 million package for "confidential hardware and software" from Cognyte. Previously, the agency acquired a Stingray II cell-site simulator from Harris Corp. in 2011.

Face recognition Vendor: Idemia

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement 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.

Florida A & M University Police Department

Tallahassee · 1 deployment

Body-worn & dashcam

The U.S. Department of Justice awarded $22,458 to the Florida A & M University Police Department in 2017 as part of the Bureau of Justice Assistance's body-worn camera grant program.

Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation

Tallahassee · 1 deployment

Face recognition Vendor: Idemia

The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation 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.

Florida Department of Corrections

Tallahassee · 1 deployment

Face recognition Vendor: Idemia

The Florida Department of Corrections 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.

Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles

Tallahassee · 1 deployment

Face recognition

Florida’s Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles has access to the oldest face recognition program in the country, Face Analysis Comparison and Examination System (FACES), which includes 19 million driver’s licence photos (as of 2015) shared with 273 partner agencies (as of 2019), including 17 federal agencies (including FBI FACE Services Unit, ICE, CBP, and IRS), as well as university police and many other state and federal agencies.

Florida Department of Legal Affairs

Tallahassee · 1 deployment

Face recognition Vendor: Idemia

The Florida Department of Legal Affairs 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.

Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission - Division Of Law Enforcement

Tallahassee · 1 deployment

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission - Division Of Law Enforcement operates 35 Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.

Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission

Tallahassee · 1 deployment

Face recognition Vendor: Idemia

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission 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.

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

Tallahassee · 1 deployment

Body-worn & dashcam

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission uses body-worn cameras, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement's 2019 Criminal Justice Agency Profile Report.

Florida Lottery Division of Security

Tallahassee · 1 deployment

Face recognition Vendor: Idemia

The Florida Lottery Division of Security 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.

Florida State Fire Marshal's Office

Tallahassee · 1 deployment

Face recognition Vendor: Idemia

The Florida State Fire Marshal'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.

State Attorney's Office, Second Judicial Circuit

Tallahassee · 1 deployment

Body-worn & dashcam

The State Attorney's Office, Second Judicial Circuit uses body-worn cameras, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement's 2019 Criminal Justice Agency Profile Report.

Tallahassee Community College Police Department

Tallahassee · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Tallahassee Community College

Face recognition Vendor: Idemia

The Tallahassee Community College 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