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Laurens County

7 Deployments on record
4 Agencies
3 Technology categories

Technology presence

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

Laurens County Sheriff's Office

Laurens · 3 deployments · on UnGovr: Laurens County

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Laurens County Sheriff's Office operates 10 Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department

Body-worn & dashcam

The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office purchased body-worn cameras in 2016 with a $29,400 grant through the South Carolina Department of Public Safety.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Berkeley Observer

Drones / UAS Vendor: DJI

The Laurens County Sheriff's Office operates one DJI Mavic drone as of 2020, 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 Collegewww.laurenscountysheriff.org

Laurens Police Department

Laurens · 2 deployments · on UnGovr: City of Laurens

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Laurens Police Department installed 25 Flock Safety automated license plate readers in 2023.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Go Laurens

Body-worn & dashcam

The Laurens Police Department purchased body-worn cameras in 2016 with a $20,000 grant through the South Carolina Department of Public Safety.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Berkeley Observer

Clinton Police Department

Clinton · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of Clinton

Body-worn & dashcam

The Clinton Police Department received a total of $38187.05 in state funding for body-worn cameras in fiscal years 2021-2023.

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

Presbyterian College Campus Police

Clinton · 1 deployment

Body-worn & dashcam

The Presbyterian College Campus Police received a total of $19128.22 in state funding for body-worn cameras in fiscal years 2018-2021.

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

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