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St. Johns County

5 Deployments on record
2 Agencies
4 Technology categories

Technology presence

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

St. Johns County Sheriff's Office

Saint Augustine · 4 deployments · on UnGovr: St. Johns County

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The St. Johns County Sheriff's Office has installed 162 Flock Safety automated license plate readers, according to data obtained in July 2025.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Muckrock

Doorbell & camera registry Vendor: Fusus

The St. Johns County Sheriffs Department utilizes the Fusus camera registry and video integration system.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): FususFirst Coast News

Drones / UAS

The St. Johns County Sheriff's Office started a drone program in 2020 and has 10 drones as of 2021.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): First Coast NewsAction News Jax

Face recognition Vendor: Idemia

The St. Johns 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

St. Augustine Police Department

St. Augustine · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of St Augustine

Face recognition Vendor: Idemia

The St. Augustine 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