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Alpena County

5 Deployments on record
3 Agencies
3 Technology categories

Technology presence

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

Alpena County Sheriff's Office

Alpena · 3 deployments · on UnGovr: Alpena County

Body-worn & dashcam

The Alpena County Sheriff's Office received a Small, Rural, and Tribal Body-Worn Camera Program grant for $36,000 for 18 body-worn cameras in 2023.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Justice & Security StrategiesJustice & Security Strategies

Drones / UAS Vendor: DJI

The Alpena County Sheriff's Office operated at least one drone as of 2020.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Alpena County Sheriff's Office FacebookCenter for the Study of the Drone at Bard Collegewww.thealpenanews.com

Face recognition

The Alpena County Sheriff's Office has desktop access to Michigan State Police's face recognition system, the Statewide Network of Agency Photos (SNAP).

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Michigan State PoliceMichigan State PoliceMichigan State Police

Alpena County Prosecuting Attorney;s Office

Alpena · 1 deployment

Face recognition

The Alpena County Prosecuting Attorney;s Office has desktop access to Michigan State Police's face recognition system, the Statewide Network of Agency Photos (SNAP).

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Michigan State PoliceMichigan State PoliceMichigan State Police

Alpena Police Department

Alpena · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of Alpena

Face recognition

The Alpena Police Department has desktop access to Michigan State Police's face recognition system, the Statewide Network of Agency Photos (SNAP).

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Michigan State PoliceMichigan State PoliceMichigan State Police

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