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Beaufort County

9 Deployments on record
8 Agencies
2 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · 2 Fixed cameras & RTCC · none on record Face recognition · none on record Drones / UAS · none on record Gunshot detection · none on record Body-worn & dashcam · 7 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

Bluffton Police Department

Bluffton · 2 deployments · on UnGovr: Town of Bluffton

ALPR

The Bluffton Police Department uses automated license plate readers as part of a statewide program managed by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Post and CourierThe Island Packet

Body-worn & dashcam

The Bluffton Police Department purchased body-worn cameras in 2016 with a $13,200 grant through the South Carolina Department of Public Safety.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Berkeley Observer

Beaufort County Sheriff's Office

Beaufort · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Beaufort County

Body-worn & dashcam

The Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office purchased body-worn cameras in 2016 with a $75,000 grant through the South Carolina Department of Public Safety.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Berkeley Observer

Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office

Beaufort · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Beaufort County

ALPR Vendor: NDI

The Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office uses NDI automated license plate readers as part of a statewide program managed by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Post and CourierMuckRock

Beaufort Police Department

Beaufort · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of Beaufort

Body-worn & dashcam

The Beaufort Police Department purchased body-worn cameras in 2016 with a $37,064 grant through the South Carolina Department of Public Safety.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Berkeley Observer

Fourteenth Circuit Public Defender

Beaufort · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Beaufort County

Body-worn & dashcam

The Fourteenth Circuit Public Defender received $25579.62 in state funding for body-worn cameras in fiscal year 2019.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): South Carolina Department of Public SafetySouth Carolina Department of Public SafetySouth Carolina Department of Public Safety

Fourteenth Circuit Solicitor's Office

Beaufort · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Beaufort County

Body-worn & dashcam

The Fourteenth Circuit Solicitor's Office received a total of $74047.61 in state funding for body-worn cameras in fiscal years 2018-2023.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): South Carolina Department of Public SafetySouth Carolina Department of Public SafetySouth Carolina Department of Public Safety

Port Royal Police Department

Port Royal · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Town of Port Royal

Body-worn & dashcam

The Port Royal Police Department received a total of $38906.88 in state funding for body-worn cameras in fiscal years 2018-2023.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): South Carolina Department of Public SafetySouth Carolina Department of Public SafetySouth Carolina Department of Public Safety

University of South Carolina – Beaufort Police Department

Beaufort · 1 deployment

Body-worn & dashcam

The University of South Carolina – Beaufort Police Department purchased body-worn cameras in 2016 with a $8,691 grant through the South Carolina Department of Public Safety.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Berkeley Observer

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