County record · Utah
Salt Lake County
Technology presence
The record, by agency
Salt Lake City Police Department
The Salt Lake City Police Department uses Axon body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Salt Lake City Police DepartmentSalt Lake City Police Department Facebook page.
The Salt Lake City Police Department uses Brinc drones.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Salt Lake City PoliceSalt Lake City Police Department
Sandy City Police Department
The Sandy City Police Department uses WatchGuard Vista body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pamplin Media GroupUtah State LegislatureFacebook
The Sandy City Police Department maintains a voluntary registry of private and personal surveillance cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Sandy City
South Jordan Police Department
The South Jordan Police Department uses WatchGuard Vista body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): South Jordan Police DepartmentSouth Jordan Police Department Facebook page.
West Valley Police Department
The West Valley City Police Department has had Flock Safety automated license plate readers since at least 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): KSL NewsRadioWest Valley City Police Department
The West Valley Police Department uses Axon body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Salt Lake TribunalWest Valley Police Department Facebook page
Draper Police Department
The Draper City Police Department uses Axon body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Fox 13Draper City Police Department Facebook page
Murray Police Department
The Murray Police Department claims to be the first law enforcement agency in the Salt Lake Valley to implement body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Murray City
Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office
The Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office Search and Rescue operates one DJI Inspire 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 Collegewww.facebook.com
South Salt Lake Police Department
The South Salt Lake Police had Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): KSL NewsRadio
Unified Police Department of Greater Salt Lake
The U.S. Department of Justice awarded $181,540 to the Unified Police Department of Greater Salt Lake in 2015 as part of the Bureau of Justice Assistance's body-worn camera grant program.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): U.S Department of Justice
Utah Department of Public Safety
The Utah Department of Public Safety (DPS) responds to requests from the FBI, law enforcement, and other government agencies that can provide an official case or report number in order to run face recognition queries on their repository, which consists of mugshots, corrections photos, and drivers licenses. A list of agency requests made during 2017 includes Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Department of Homeland Security, various state Fusion Centers, state Secret Service agencies, and the United States Office of National Drug Control Policy.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Electronic Frontier FoundationGovernment Accountability Office
Utah Highway Patrol
The Utah Highway Patrol operates four DJI drones as of 2015, 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.MuckRock.com
West Jordan Police Department
The West Jordan Police Department had Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): KSL NewsRadio
West Valley City Police Department
The West Valley City Police Department operates two 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 Collegewww.valleyjournals.comwww.faa.gov
Source: EFF Atlas of Surveillance (Electronic Frontier Foundation & University of Nevada, Reno — Reynolds School of Journalism) · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved July 2026