County record · South Dakota

Hughes County

3 Deployments on record

3 Agencies

3 Technology categories

Technology presence

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

Hughes County Sheriff's Office

Pierre · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Hughes County

Body-worn & dashcam Vendor: Axon

The Hughes County Sheriff's Office received a Drug Forfeiture grant for Axon body-worn cameras in 2020.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): South Dakota Attorney General

South Dakota Department of Public Safety

Pierre · 1 deployment

Face recognition

The South Dakota Department of Public Safety responds to face recognition requests through the South Dakota Fusion Center, which may be submitted by law enforcement and government agencies.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Electronic Frontier Foundation

South Dakota Highway Patrol

Pierre · 1 deployment

Drones / UAS Vendor: DJI

The South Dakota Highway Patrol operates two DJI drones as of 2017, 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 College pioneer-review.com

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