County record · Wisconsin

Columbia County

6 Deployments on record

4 Agencies

3 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · 2 Fixed cameras & RTCC · none on record Face recognition · none on record Drones / UAS · 1 Gunshot detection · none on record Body-worn & dashcam · 3 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

Columbia County Sheriff's Office

Portage · 2 deployments · on UnGovr: Columbia County

Body-worn & dashcam

The Columbia County Sheriff's Office received $100,000 from the Bureau of Justice Assistance to purchase 50 body-worn cameras through the 2022 Small, Rural, Tribal BWC Microgrant program.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Small, Rural, and Tribal Body-Worn Camera microgrant grantee list

Drones / UAS Vendor: DJI

The Columbia County Sheriff's Office operates one DJI Phantom drone 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 College www.wiscnews.com

Portage Police Department

Portage · 2 deployments · on UnGovr: City of Portage

ALPR

The Portage Police Department installed an automated license plate reader in 2021.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Portage Police Department Government budget/purchasing Google Maps

Body-worn & dashcam

All officers in the Portage Police Department wear body-worn cameras, according to a 2020 Wisconsin Department of Justice survey.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Wisconsin Department of Justice

Lodi Police Department

Lodi · 1 deployment

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Lodi Police Department operates three Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department

Poynette Police Department

Poynette · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Village of Poynette

Body-worn & dashcam Vendor: Motorola Solutions

The Poynette Police Department uses Motorola V300 body-worn cameras.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Poynette Police Department's Facebook page

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