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Putnam County

7 Deployments on record
2 Agencies
5 Technology categories

Technology presence

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

The record, by agency

Putnam County Sheriff's Office

Palatka · 4 deployments · on UnGovr: Putnam County

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Putnam County Sheriff's Office uses Flock Safey automated license plate readers.

Doorbell & camera registry Vendor: Motorola Solutions

The Putnam County Sheriff's Office maintains a voluntary registry of private and personal surveillance cameras through Motorola Solutions' CityProtect platform.

Drones / UAS Vendor: DJI

The Putnam County Sheriff's Office operates one DJI Matrice drone, according to data compiled by the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College.

Face recognition Vendor: Idemia

The Putnam 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.

Palatka Police Department

Palatka · 3 deployments · on UnGovr: City of Palatka

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Palatka Police Department operates 12 Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.

Body-worn & dashcam

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

Face recognition Vendor: Idemia

The Palatka 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