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Pasco County Sheriff's Office
The Pasco County Sheriff's Office has five automated license plate readers as of 2018.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): 10 News
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.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Florida Department of Law EnforcementPatchWUFT (NPR)
The Pasco County Sheriff's Office operates a drone program, which included adding an autonomous Skydio drone in 2022.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Florida Sheriffs AssociationPasco County Sheriff's Facebook10/4/2022
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.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Orlando SentinelCenter on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown LawPinellas County Sheriff's Office
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.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pasco County Sheriff's OfficeWFLA
According to the Tampa Bay Times, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office began using predictive policing techniques and technology in 2011.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Tampa Bay TimesTampa Bay TimesPasco County Sheriff's Office
New Port Richey Police Department
The New Port Richey Police Department has two automated license plate readers as of 2018.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): 10 News
The New Port Richey Police Department purchased 40 WatchGuard body-worn cameras for $260,000 in 2020.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Sun Coast NewsBay News 9
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.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Orlando SentinelCenter on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown LawPinellas County Sheriff's Office
Dade City Police Department
The Dade City 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
Zephyrhills Police Department
The Zephyrhills Police Department spent $30,000 to equip its entire police force with Axon body-worn camera in August 2018.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): ABC Action News
Source: EFF Atlas of Surveillance (Electronic Frontier Foundation & University of Nevada, Reno — Reynolds School of Journalism) · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved July 2026