County record · Florida

Marion County

9 Deployments on record

3 Agencies

5 Technology categories

Technology presence

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

The record, by agency

Ocala Police Department

Ocala · 5 deployments · on UnGovr: City of Ocala

Body-worn & dashcam

In September 2014, the Oscala Police Department received $130,775 to purchase 130 body-worn cameras.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Associated Press Facebook: Ocala Police Department

Drones / UAS

The Ocala Police Department uses drones.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Florida Senate Ocala Police Department Facebook

Face recognition Vendor: Idemia

The Ocala 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

Fixed cameras & RTCC

The Ocala Police Department operates a real-time crime center.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Ocala PD Facebook page Ocala Gazette

Predictive policing Vendor: Geolitica

The Ocala Police Department began using PredPol (now Geolitica) in 2016.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): MuckRock Ocala Police Department

Marion County Sheriff's Office

Ocala · 3 deployments · on UnGovr: Marion County

Body-worn & dashcam

The Marion County Sheriff's Office 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

Drones / UAS

The Marion County Sheriff's Office launched a drone team in 2018.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Florida Sheriffs Association WCJB 20 News

Face recognition Vendor: Idemia

The Marion 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

Dunnellon Police Department

Dunnellon · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of Dunnellon

Body-worn & dashcam

The Dunnellon 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

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