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County record · Nevada

Carson City County

7 Deployments on record
3 Agencies
5 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · 2 Fixed cameras & RTCC · 1 Face recognition · 1 Drones / UAS · 2 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

Carson City Sheriff's Office

Carson City · 4 deployments · on UnGovr: City of Carson City

ALPR

The Carson City Sheriff's Office obtained an automated license plate reader in 2012.

Body-worn & dashcam Vendor: Axon

The Carson City Sheriff's Office had body-worn cameras as early as 2016, but purchased further Axon body-worn cameras in 2018 and 2019.

Drones / UAS Vendor: DJI, Sky-Hero

The Carson City Sheriff's Office uses two DJI Mavic systems, two Sky-Hero Loki drones, and a DJI Matrice 300RTK drone as of 2021.

Fixed cameras & RTCC

The Carson City Sheriff's Office operates a Real-Time Information Center.

Nevada Highway Patrol

Carson City · 2 deployments

ALPR

The Nevada Highway Patrol has been using automated license plate readers since at least 2009. In late 2024/early 2025, NHP began using ALPRs in connection with thermal imaging.

Drones / UAS Vendor: Yuneec, DJI

The Nevada Highway Patrol operated four Yuneec drones and one DJI as of 2021.

Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles

Carson City · 1 deployment

Face recognition

The Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles responds to face recognition requests from out of state law enforcement agencies and other criminal agencies via the Nevada Threat Analysis Center.

Source: EFF Atlas of Surveillance (Electronic Frontier Foundation & University of Nevada, Reno — Reynolds School of Journalism) · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved July 2026