County record · South Carolina

Sumter County

3 Deployments on record

3 Agencies

2 Technology categories

Technology presence

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

Sumter County Sheriff's Department

Sumter · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Sumter County

Body-worn & dashcam

The Sumter County Sheriff’s Department purchased body-worn cameras in 2016 with a $73,060 grant through the South Carolina Department of Public Safety.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Berkeley Observer

Sumter County Sheriff's Office

Sumter · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Sumter County

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Sumter County Sheriff's Office operates 30 Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department

Sumter Police Department

Sumter · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of Sumter

Body-worn & dashcam

The Sumter Police Department purchased body-worn cameras in 2016 with a $304,450 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