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Georgetown County

9 Deployments on record
6 Agencies
3 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · 3 Fixed cameras & RTCC · none on record Face recognition · none on record Drones / UAS · 1 Gunshot detection · none on record Body-worn & dashcam · 5 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

Georgetown Police Department

Georgetown · 3 deployments · on UnGovr: City of Georgetown

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Georgetown Police Department operates six Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department

Body-worn & dashcam

The Georgetown Police Department purchased body-worn cameras in 2016 with a $20,090 grant through the South Carolina Department of Public Safety.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Berkeley Observer

Drones / UAS Vendor: DJI

The Georgetown Police Department operates two DJI drones as of 2019, according to data compiled by the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard Collegeabcnews4.com

Pawleys Island Police Department

Pawleys Island · 2 deployments · on UnGovr: Town of Pawleys Island

ALPR

The Pawleys Island Police Department uses automated license plate readers.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Count on 2 NewsWMBF News

Body-worn & dashcam

The Pawleys Island Police Department received $8401.59 in state funding for body-worn cameras in fiscal year 2018.

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

Andrews Police Department

Andrews · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Town of Andrews

Body-worn & dashcam

The Andrews Police Department received a total of $18333.96 in state funding for body-worn cameras in fiscal years 2019-2023.

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

Fifteenth Circuit Drug Unit

Georgetown · 1 deployment

Body-worn & dashcam

The Fifteenth Circuit Drug Unit received a total of $79158.67 in state funding for body-worn cameras in fiscal years 2018-2022.

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

Georgetown County Sheriff's Office

Georgetown · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Georgetown County

Body-worn & dashcam

The Georgetown County Sheriff's Office uses Coban body-worn cameras as of 2020. The agency started its body-worn camera program in 2015 with 25 cameras. The Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office purchased body-worn cameras in 2016 with a $29,875 grant through the South Carolina Department of Public Safety.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Berkeley ObserverFacebookMyrtle Beach Online

Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office

Georgetown · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Georgetown County

ALPR

The Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office 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 Courier

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