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Okeechobee County
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Okeechobee County Sheriff's Office
The Okeechobee County Sheriff's Office operates 18 Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department
The Okeechobee County Sheriff's Office uses body-worn cameras, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement's 2019 Criminal Justice Agency Profile Report. The Okeechobee County Sheriff's Office also received a Small, Rural and Tribal Body-Worn Camera Program grant for $180,000 for 90 body-worn cameras in 2023.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Florida Department of Law EnforcementJustice & Security StrategiesJustice & Security Strategies
The Okeechobee County Sheriff's Office uses drones.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Florida Sheriffs Association
The Okeechobee 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
Okeechobee Police Department
The Okeechobee 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