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Cass County

9 Deployments on record
4 Agencies
4 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · 2 Fixed cameras & RTCC · none on record Face recognition · 4 Drones / UAS · 1 Gunshot detection · none on record Body-worn & dashcam · 2 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

Pokagon Tribal Police Department

Dowagiac · 4 deployments

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Pokagon Tribal Police Department operates nine Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department

Body-worn & dashcam

The U.S. Department of Justice awarded $63,131 to the Pokagon Tribal Police Department in 2016 as part of the Bureau of Justice Assistance's body-worn camera grant program.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): U.S Department of Justice

Drones / UAS

The Pokagon Tribal Police Department uses a drone.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): WSBT 22

Face recognition

The Pokagon Tribal 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

Cass County Sheriff's Office

Cassopolis · 3 deployments · on UnGovr: Cass County

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Cass County Sheriff's Office operates 11 Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department

Body-worn & dashcam Vendor: ViperWave

The Cass County Sheriffs Office ordered 5 ViperWide Angle I.R. body-worn cameras in 2016.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Bureau of Professional Licensing Fiscal Year 2016 Report to the Legislature

Face recognition

The Cass 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

Dowagiac Police Department

Dowagiac · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of Dowagiac

Face recognition

The Dowagiac 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

Ontwa Township Edwardsburg Police Department

Ontwa Township · 1 deployment

Face recognition

The Ontwa Township Edwardsburg 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