County record · South Dakota

Union County

2 Deployments on record

2 Agencies

2 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · none on record Fixed cameras & RTCC · none on record Face recognition · none on record 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

Elk Point Police Department

Elk Point · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of Elk Point

Body-worn & dashcam

The Elk Point Police Department a $4,076.99 Drug Forfeiture grant in 2015 for body-worn cameras.

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

Union County Sheriff's Office

Elk Point · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Union County

Drones / UAS

The Union County Sheriff's Office operates one drone, 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 unioncountysd.org siouxlandnews.com

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