County record · Iowa

Scott County

5 Deployments on record

3 Agencies

4 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · 2 Fixed cameras & RTCC · none on record Face recognition · 1 Drones / UAS · 1 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

Davenport Police Department

Davenport · 2 deployments · on UnGovr: City of Davenport

ALPR

The Davenport Police Department began using automated license plate readers in 2019 and spent $200,000 to expand the program in May 2020.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): WQAD

Body-worn & dashcam Vendor: Axon

The Davenport Police Department obtained 150 Axon body-worn cameras in 2018.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): WQAD8 KWQC6 Davenport Police Department

Eldridge Police Department

Eldridge · 2 deployments · on UnGovr: City of Eldridge

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Eldridge Police Department operates four Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department

Face recognition Vendor: Clearview AI

The Eldridge Police Department uses Clearview AI at a cost of around $3,500 per year.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): WQWAD

Scott County Sheriff's Office

Davenport · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Scott County

Drones / UAS Vendor: DJI

The Quad City Bomb Squad operates one DJI Mavic drone as of 2017, according to data compiled by the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College. The bomb squad is made of officers from the Rock Island County, Illinois Sheriff's Office and the Scott County, Iowa Sheriff's Office.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College www.icjia.state.il.us

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