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Clark County

8 Deployments on record
4 Agencies
4 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · 1 Fixed cameras & RTCC · none on record Face recognition · none on record Drones / UAS · 2 Gunshot detection · none on record Body-worn & dashcam · 4 Doorbell & camera registry · 1 Cell-site simulators · none on record Predictive policing · none on record Social-media monitoring · none on record

The record, by agency

Vancouver Police Department

Vancouver · 4 deployments · on UnGovr: City of Vancouver

ALPR Vendor: Vigilant Solutions

The Vancouver Police Department has been using automated license plate readers since 2012.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Staff Report from the City of VancouverMinutes of City Council Meeting

Body-worn & dashcam Vendor: Axon

The Vancouver Police Department purchased 200 Axon body-worn cameras in 2022.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Oregon Public BroadcastingVancouver Police Department

Doorbell & camera registry

The Vancouver Police Department maintains a voluntary registry of private and personal surveillance cameras.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): City of Vancouver

Drones / UAS

The Vancouver Police Department uses drones.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): KGW8

Clark County Sheriff's Office

Ridgefield · 2 deployments · on UnGovr: Clark County

Body-worn & dashcam Vendor: Axon

The Clark County Sheriff's Office uses Axon body-worn cameras.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The ReflectorClark County Sheriff's Office

Drones / UAS Vendor: DJI

The Clark County Sheriff's Office operates 10 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 Collegewww.kptv.comwww.govtech.com

Camas Police Department

Camas · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of Camas

Body-worn & dashcam Vendor: Axon

The Camas City Council approved a five-year, $311,168 contract with Axon for body-worn cameras and Tasers for the Camas Police Department in October 2021.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Columbian

Ridgefield Police Department

Ridgefield · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of Ridgefield

Body-worn & dashcam

Ridgefield Police Department received $38,000 to purchase 19 body-worn cameras through the Small, Rural and Tribal Body-Worn Camera program in 2024.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): SRT BWC Program

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