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Dutchess County

8 Deployments on record
4 Agencies
4 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · 3 Fixed cameras & RTCC · none on record Face recognition · none on record Drones / UAS · 2 Gunshot detection · 1 Body-worn & dashcam · 2 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

Poughkeepsie Police Department

Poughkeepsie · 4 deployments

ALPR Vendor: ELSAG

In 2012, the Town of Poughkeepsie Police Department spent $14,943 on ELSAG automated license plate readers .

Body-worn & dashcam Vendor: Axon

The Poughkeepsie Police Department purchased 65 Axon body-worn cameras in 2020.

Drones / UAS Vendor: DJI

The Poughkeepsie Police Department has one drone, according to a 2022 report from the New York Civil Liberties Union.

Gunshot detection Vendor: Flock Safety

The City of Poughkeepsie Police Department signed a contract with Flock Safety to implement a gunshot detection device.

Dutchess County Sheriff's Office

Poughkeepsie · 2 deployments · on UnGovr: Dutchess County

ALPR

The Dutchess County Sheriff's Office has been using automated license plate readers since at least 2012. The state legislature provide the sheriff's office with $50,000 for additional ALPR technology in 2020.

Drones / UAS

The Dutchess County Sheriff's Office uses drones and has a drone-as-first responder program.

Beacon Police Department

Beacon · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of Beacon

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Beacon Police Department installed four Flock Safety automated license plate readers in 2023. The two-year agreement cost $21,400.

Hyde Park Police Department

Hyde Park · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Town of Hyde Park

Body-worn & dashcam

The Hyde Park Police Department received a $40,000 US Bureau of Justice Assistance grant in 2022 for its body-worn camera program.

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