County record · Wisconsin

Portage County

8 Deployments on record

4 Agencies

3 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · 4 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

Plover Police Department

Plover · 3 deployments

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Plover Police Department operates 10 Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department

Body-worn & dashcam

All officers in the Plover Police Department wear body-worn cameras, according to a 2020 Wisconsin Department of Justice survey. The agency began using body-worn cameras in 2016.

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

Drones / UAS Vendor: DJI

The Plover Police Department operates one DJI T600 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 registry.faa.gov

Portage County Sheriff's Office

Stevens Point · 2 deployments · on UnGovr: Portage County

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Portage County Sheriff's Office operates 12 Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department

Body-worn & dashcam

The Portage County Sheriff's Office received a $616,000 Bureau of Justice Assistance grant in 2022 to acquire body-worn cameras.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): US Bureau of Justice Assistance WAOW

Stevens Point Police Department

Stevens Point · 2 deployments · on UnGovr: City of Stevens Point

ALPR

The Stevens Point Police Department uses automated license plate readers.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Stevens Point Police Department Stevens Point Police Department

Body-worn & dashcam

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

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

Columbia County Sheriff's Office

Portage · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Columbia County

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Columbia County Sheriff's Office uses automated license plate readers.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Columbia County Board of Supervisors

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