County record · Minnesota
Pope County
2
Deployments on record
2
Agencies
2
Technology categories
Technology presence
ALPR · none on record
Fixed cameras & RTCC · none on record
Face recognition · none on record
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
Pope County Sheriff's Office
Drones / UAS
The Pope County Sheriff's Office spent $5,000 on its unmanned aerial vehicle program in 2023 and flew a drone 11 times without a warrant that year.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Minnesota Department of Public SafetyMinnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
Starbuck Police Department
Body-worn & dashcam
The Starbuck Police Department has four Getac body-worn cameras, according to a 2023 audit.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): City of Starbuck - Starbuck Police DepartmentRampart Audit LLCRampart Audit LLCLEADS Consulting
Source: EFF Atlas of Surveillance (Electronic Frontier Foundation & University of Nevada, Reno — Reynolds School of Journalism) · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved July 2026