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Hawaii County

2 Deployments on record
2 Agencies
2 Technology categories

Technology presence

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

The record, by agency

Hawaii County Police Department

Hilo · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Hawaii County

Face recognition Vendor: Idemia

The Honolulu Police Department and the Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center began using face recognition technology in 2014, and expanded its use through all Hawaiian counties in 2015.

Hawaii Police Department

Hilo · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Hawaii County

Body-worn & dashcam Vendor: Axon

The Hawaii Police Department started using body-worn cameras in 2020.

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