St. Joseph County

County record. Includes every city and agency within St. Joseph County.

8 Deployments on record
6 Agencies
3 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · 1 Fixed cameras & RTCC · none on record Face recognition · 6 Drones / UAS · none on record 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
What these categories mean
ALPR
Automated license plate readers (ALPR): camera systems that automatically capture, read, and log vehicle license plates with location and time, producing a searchable record of vehicle movements.
Fixed cameras & RTCC
Agency-operated fixed video cameras and the real-time crime centers (RTCC) that aggregate live and recorded feeds for monitoring. Extends the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Atlas, which enumerates real-time crime centers and camera registries but not standalone fixed-camera estates.
Face recognition
Software that matches faces in images or video against a reference database to identify or verify individuals.
Drones / UAS
Uncrewed aerial systems (UAS), commonly called drones, operated by an agency for overhead observation, imaging, or sensing.
Gunshot detection
Networks of acoustic sensors that detect and locate suspected gunfire and alert an agency.
Body-worn & dashcam
Officer body-worn and in-vehicle dashboard cameras that record encounters; public access to the footage is frequently restricted.
Doorbell & camera registry
Programs that give an agency access to privately owned camera footage: doorbell-camera partnerships, citizen camera registries, and private-camera integration platforms.
Cell-site simulators
Devices that mimic cell towers to locate or identify nearby mobile phones. They are often called Stingrays, or IMSI catchers after the international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) number that identifies each phone on a network. Adjacent: communications surveillance outside the visual/sensor core.
Predictive policing
Software that forecasts where crime may occur or who may be involved, to direct policing. Adjacent: analytics rather than a sensing deployment.
Social-media monitoring
Tools that collect and analyze public social-media activity for an agency. Adjacent: open-source/communications monitoring outside the visual/sensor core.

The record, by agency

Three Rivers Police Department

Three Rivers · 2 deployments · last documented Feb 2023 · on UnGovr: City of Three Rivers

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Three Rivers Police Department received approval to install six Flock Safety automated license plate readers in February 2023.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Wilcox Newspapers

Face recognition

The Three Rivers 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

St. Joseph County Sheriff's Office

Centreville · 1 deployment · last documented Jan 2022 · on UnGovr: St. Joseph County

Face recognition

The St. Joseph 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

Sturgis Police Department

Sturgis · 2 deployments · last documented Jan 2022 · on UnGovr: City of Sturgis

Face recognition

The Sturgis 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

Body-worn & dashcam

The U.S. Department of Justice awarded $6,261 to the Sturgis 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

Colon Police Department

Colon · 1 deployment · last documented Jan 2022 · on UnGovr: Village of Colon

Face recognition

The Colon 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

Mendon Police Department

Mendon · 1 deployment · last documented Jan 2022 · on UnGovr: Village of Mendon

Face recognition

The Mendon 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

White Pigeon Police Department

White Pigeon · 1 deployment · last documented Jan 2022 · on UnGovr: Village of White Pigeon

Face recognition

The White Pigeon 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