Deschutes County

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

8 Deployments on record
4 Agencies
4 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · 1 Fixed cameras & RTCC · none on record Face recognition · none on record Drones / UAS · 4 Gunshot detection · none on record Body-worn & dashcam · 2 Doorbell & camera registry · 1 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

Bend Police Department

Bend · 3 deployments · last documented Jun 2025 · on UnGovr: City of Bend

Doorbell & camera registry Vendor: Axon

The Bend Police Department uses Axon's Fusus camera registry.

Drones / UAS Vendor: Autel, DJI

The Bend Police Department has registered 33 active drones with the Oregon Department of Aviation as of 2024. However, the agency says that only 15 drones are used in the field.

Body-worn & dashcam Vendor: Axon

The Bend Police Department began using Axon body-worn cameras in 2021.

Deschutes County Sheriff's Office

Bend · 1 deployment · last documented Nov 2024 · on UnGovr: Deschutes County

Drones / UAS Vendor: DJI

The Deschutes County Sheriff's Office has registered 17 active drones with the Oregon Department of Aviation as of 2024.

Redmond Police Department

Redmond · 2 deployments · last documented Nov 2024 · on UnGovr: City of Redmond

Drones / UAS Vendor: MAVIC, Autel, DJI

The Redmond Police Department has registered eight active drones with the Oregon Department of Aviation as of 2024.

Body-worn & dashcam Vendor: WatchGuard

The Redmond Police Department began using WatchGuard body-worn cameras in 2017.

Sunriver Police Department

Sunriver · 2 deployments · last documented Nov 2024

Drones / UAS Vendor: DJI

The Sunriver Police Department has registered two active drones with the Oregon Department of Aviation as of 2024.

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Sunriver Police Department installed Flock Safety automated license plate readers in June 2024.

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