County record · Kansas

Barton County

3 Deployments on record

2 Agencies

2 Technology categories

Technology presence

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

Great Bend Police Department

Great Bend · 2 deployments · on UnGovr: City of Great Bend

ALPR

The Great Bend Police Department received a $132,000 grant to purchase automated license plate readers in 2023.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Hays Post

Drones / UAS

The Great Bend Police Department operates one drone as of 2019, 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 College www.greatbendks.net www.gbtribune.com

Ellinwood Police Department

Ellinwood · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of Ellinwood

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Ellinwood Police Department operates two 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