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Bartholomew County

4 Deployments on record
3 Agencies
2 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · 3 Fixed cameras & RTCC · none on record Face recognition · none on record 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

Columbus Police Department

Columbus · 2 deployments · on UnGovr: City of Columbus

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

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

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department

Body-worn & dashcam Vendor: Axon

The Columbus Police Department has been using body-worn cameras since 2015.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The RepublicColumbus Police Department Facebook

Bartholomew County Sheriff's Office

Columbus · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Bartholomew County

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Bartholomew County Sheriff's Office uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers, according to a 2022 news article.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): CBS 4

Hope Police Department

Hope · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Town of Hope

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Hope Police Department operates one Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department

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