Elko County

County record. Includes every city and agency within Elko County.

5 Deployments on record

4 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 · 4 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

Elko County Sheriff's Office

Elko · 2 deployments · last documented Feb 2023 · on UnGovr: Elko County

Drones / UAS Vendor: DJI

The Elko County Sheriff's Office operated a DJI Inspire 2 drone as of 2023.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Douglas County Sheriff's Office Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College www.ktvn.com

Body-worn & dashcam

The Elko County Sheriff's Office began its body-worn camera program in 2014. As of 2017, the office had spent more than $10,000 on 60 cameras.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Elko Daily

Elko Police Department

Elko · 1 deployment · last documented Jun 2018 · on UnGovr: City of Elko

Body-worn & dashcam Vendor: Axon

Elko Police Department signed a $224,000 contract with Axon for 40 body-worn cameras and video storage in June 2018.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Elko Daily

Carlin Police Department

Carlin · 1 deployment · last documented Jun 2018 · on UnGovr: City of Carlin

Body-worn & dashcam

The Carlin Police Department has used body-worn cameras since 2015.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Elko Daily

West Wendover Police Department

West Wendover · 1 deployment · last documented Jun 2018 · on UnGovr: City of West Wendover

Body-worn & dashcam Vendor: Axon

The West Wendover Police Department uses Axon body-worn cameras.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Elko Daily

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