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Honolulu County

7 Deployments on record
2 Agencies
6 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · 1 Fixed cameras & RTCC · 1 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

Honolulu Police Department

Honolulu · 6 deployments · on UnGovr: Honolulu County

ALPR

The Honolulu Police Department has used automated license plate readers since 2013.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Honolulu Police DepartmentHonolulu CivilBeat

Body-worn & dashcam

In 2018, 15% of the Honolulu Police Department used body-worn cameras. HPD plans to equip all officers with BWCs in 2020.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Honolulu Police Department

Doorbell & camera registry Vendor: Fusus

The Honolulu Police Department utilizes the Fusus camera registry.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): MuckRockHonolulu Police Department

Drones / UAS

The Honolulu Police Department operates one drone as of 2018, according to data compiled by the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard Collegewww.honolulupd.org

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.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Yahoo FinanceGeorgetown UniversityHonolulu Police

Fixed cameras & RTCC Vendor: Fusus

The Honolulu Police Department activated the Fusus platform for their Real-Time Crime Center in 2020.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Fusus

Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center

Honolulu · 1 deployment

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.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Yahoo FinanceGeorgetown University

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