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Manatee County

12 Deployments on record
4 Agencies
7 Technology categories

Technology presence

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

The record, by agency

Manatee County Sheriff's Office

Bradenton · 6 deployments · on UnGovr: Manatee County

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

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

Body-worn & dashcam Vendor: Axon

The Manatee County Sheriff's Office signed a 10-year, $10.8 million contract with Axon for body-worn cameras in 2020.

Doorbell & camera registry Vendor: Flock Safety

The Manatee County Sheriff's Office operates a camera registry.

Drones / UAS Vendor: DJI

The Manatee County Sheriff's Office operates five 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 Manatee 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.

Gunshot detection Vendor: Flock Safety

The Manatee County Sheriff's Office uses Flock Safety's Raven gunshot detection technology.

Bradenton Police Department

Bradenton · 3 deployments · on UnGovr: City of Bradenton

Doorbell & camera registry Vendor: Axon

The Bradenton Police Department maintains a camera registry via Axon.

Face recognition Vendor: Idemia

The Bradenton 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 Bradenton Police Department operas a real-time crime center.

Palmetto Police Department

Palmetto · 2 deployments · on UnGovr: City of Palmetto

Drones / UAS

The Palmetto Police Department has been using drones since 2020.

Face recognition Vendor: Idemia

The Palmetto 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.

Holmes Beach Police Department

Holmes Beach · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of Holmes Beach

Face recognition Vendor: Idemia

The Holmes 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.

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