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Columbia County

3 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 · 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

Columbia County Sheriff's Office

St.Helen's · 2 deployments · on UnGovr: Columbia County

Body-worn & dashcam

The Columbia County Sheriff's Office purchased 30 body-worn cameras for $24,000 in 2015.

Drones / UAS Vendor: DJI

The Columbia County Sheriff's Office has registered two active drones with the Oregon Department of Aviation as of 2024.

Oregon State Police

St. Helens · 1 deployment

Drones / UAS Vendor: Autel, DJI, BRINC

The Oregon State Police has registered 44 active drones with the Oregon Department of Aviation as of 2024.

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