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Pasco County

11 Deployments on record
4 Agencies
6 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · 2 Fixed cameras & RTCC · 1 Face recognition · 2 Drones / UAS · 1 Gunshot detection · none on record Body-worn & dashcam · 4 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

Pasco County Sheriff's Office

New Port Richey · 6 deployments · on UnGovr: Pasco County

ALPR

The Pasco County Sheriff's Office has five automated license plate readers as of 2018.

Body-worn & dashcam Vendor: Axon

Pasco County Sheriff's Department implemented an Axon body-worn camera program for $400,000 in the 2015, issuing every deputy in the county with one.

Drones / UAS Vendor: Skydio

The Pasco County Sheriff's Office operates a drone program, which included adding an autonomous Skydio drone in 2022.

Face recognition Vendor: Idemia

The Pasco 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 Pasco County Sheriff’s Office Real-Time Crime Center is staffed by 10 crime analysts and a supervisor. According to the Pasco County Sheriff's Office, the RTCC analysts evaluate calls for service and access police databases and locational data.

Predictive policing

According to the Tampa Bay Times, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office began using predictive policing techniques and technology in 2011.

New Port Richey Police Department

New Port Richey · 3 deployments · on UnGovr: City of New Port Richey

ALPR

The New Port Richey Police Department has two automated license plate readers as of 2018.

Body-worn & dashcam Vendor: WatchGuard

The New Port Richey Police Department purchased 40 WatchGuard body-worn cameras for $260,000 in 2020.

Face recognition Vendor: Idemia

The New Port Richey 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.

Dade City Police Department

Dade City · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of Dade City

Body-worn & dashcam

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

Zephyrhills Police Department

Zephyrhills · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of Zephyrhills

Body-worn & dashcam Vendor: Axon

The Zephyrhills Police Department spent $30,000 to equip its entire police force with Axon body-worn camera in August 2018.

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