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Grand Traverse County

7 Deployments on record
5 Agencies
3 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · 4 Fixed cameras & RTCC · none on record Face recognition · 2 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

Grand Traverse County Sheriff's Office

Traverse City · 3 deployments · on UnGovr: Grand Traverse County

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

As of April 2024, the Grand Traverse County Sheriff's Office operates 28 Flock Safety automated license plate readers. The agency stores ALPR data for 30 days.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Flock SafetyThe News & ObserverThe News & Observer

Drones / UAS Vendor: DJI

The Grand Traverse County Sheriff's Office operates one DJI Phantom drone as of 2015, 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 Collegeregistry.faa.govwww.grandtraverse.org

Face recognition

The Grand Traverse 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

East Bay Police Department

East Bay · 1 deployment

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The East Bay Police Department received approval to install seven Flock Safety automated license plate readers in March 2023.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Record-Eagle

Garfield Police Department

Garfield · 1 deployment

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Garfield Police Department has installed 14 Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of March 2023.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Record-Eagle

Peninsula Police Department

Peninsula · 1 deployment

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Peninsula Police Department had installed six Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of March 2023.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Record-Eagle

Traverse City Police Department

Traverse City · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of Traverse City

Face recognition

The Traverse City 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