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Mason 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

Ludington Police Department

Ludington · 2 deployments · on UnGovr: City of Ludington

Body-worn & dashcam

The Ludington Police Department received $24,000 from the Bureau of Justice Assistance to purchase 12 body-worn cameras through the 2022 Small, Rural, Tribal BWC Microgrant program.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Small, Rural, and Tribal Body-Worn Camera microgrant grantee list

Face recognition

The Ludington 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

Mason County Sheriff's Office

Ludington · 2 deployments · on UnGovr: Mason County

Drones / UAS

The Mason County Sheriff's Office operates one drone as of 2016, 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 Collegewww.maysville-online.com

Face recognition

The Mason 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

Scottville Police Department

Scottville · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of Scottville

Face recognition

The Scottville 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