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The University of Miami Police Department is one of more than 275 law enforcement agencies with access to the Face Analysis Comparison & Examination System (FACES), a face recognition program maintained by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. Investigators may upload an image to search more than 25-million Florida driver's license photos and mugshots.

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News article (Orlando Sentinel)
Academic Report (Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law)
Public records (Pinellas County Sheriff's Office)

The Miami Police Department is one of more than 275 law enforcement agencies with access to the Face Analysis Comparison & Examination System (FACES), a face recognition program maintained by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. Investigators may upload an image to search more than 25-million Florida driver's license photos and mugshots.

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News article (Orlando Sentinel)
Academic Report (Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law)
Policy (Miami Police Department)

The Southeast Florida Fusion Center is one of 79 fusion centers in the United States. Operated by local and state law enforcement in partnership with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, a fusion center serves as a command center for gathering, analyzing and disseminating intelligence and other public safety information.

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Government information (U.S. Department of Homeland Security)
Nonprofit report (Electronic Frontier Foundation)
Government information (Southeast Florida Fusion Center)

The Miami Police Department scanned 10,375,570 license plates in 2019 using Vigilant Solutions automated license plate readers.

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Public records (MuckRock)

The Miami Police Department acquired cell-site simulator technology in 2008, according data compiled by Kevin Collier for Vocativ.

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News article (Vocativ)
News article (Kevin Collier)

The Miami-Dade Schools Police Department operates one DJI Phantom drone as of 2016, according to data compiled by the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College.

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Academic report (Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College)

The Miami Police Department purchased a DJI Mavic drone in 2020 and a DJI Matrice drone in 2021.

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Public records (Miami Police Department)

According to documents obtained by Buzzfeed News, the Miami Police Department has run over 3,000 face recognition searches using Clearview AI.

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News article (Buzzfeed News)
Policy (Miami Police Department)

The Miami Police Department spent $400,000 to equip 750 officers wtih body-worn cameras in 2016. MPD's BWC policy was updated in 2019.

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Policy (Miami Police Depatrment)
Government information (Miami Police Department)
News article (Miami New Times)

The Miami International Airport is one of 18 airports where Customs and Border Protection is using face recognition technology as of March 2019. An executive order signed by Pres. Trump in 2019 requires Customs and Border Protection to install face recognition technology at the United States' top 20 airports by 2021.

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News article (Buzzfeed)
News article (TechCrunch)

In 2017, Miami-Dade County signed a contract with Dataworks to renew face recognition services for three years. The Miami-Dade Police Department, Miami Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation, and the Miami-Dade Juvenile Services Department share the system.

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Government budget/purchasing (Government document)

In 2017, Miami-Dade County signed a contract with Dataworks to renew face recognition services for three years. The Miami-Dade Police Department, Miami Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation, and the Miami-Dade Juvenile Services Department share the system.

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Government budget/purchasing (Government document)

In 2017, Miami-Dade County signed a contract with Dataworks to renew face recognition services for three years. The Miami-Dade Police Department, Miami Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation, and the Miami-Dade Juvenile Services Department share the system.

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Government budget/purchasing (Government document)
News article (wlrn)

Miami Police Department began using Shotspotter gunshot detection technology in 2014 and tripled the area covered in 2017.

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News article (Miami Herald)

The Miami Beach Police Department manages an interagency contract for LexisNexis Accurint Virtual Crime Center software.

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Government information (City of Palms)

The Miami Gardens Police Department uses the LexisNexis Accurint Virtual Crime Center investigative platform.

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Public records (Miami Beach Police Department)

The Hialeah Police Department uses the LexisNexis Accurint Virtual Crime Center investigative platform.

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Public records (Miami Beach Police Department)

The Miami Beach Police Department is the lead contract agency in Florida for the LexisNexis Accurint Virtual Crime Center. It both uses the system and other agencies purchase access to AVCC through Miami Beach.

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Public records (Miami Beach Police Department)

Doral Police Department uses the Fusus camera registry system.

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News article (404 Media)

The Miami Beach Police Department was able to get around Florida's strict laws on police use of drones by attaching a camera to a blimp in 2019.

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News article (State Scoop)
News article (KOAM)

The Miami Shores Police Department received $90,000 from the Bureau of Justice Assistance to purchase 45 body-worn cameras through the 2022 Small, Rural, Tribal BWC Microgrant program.

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Government information (Small, Rural, and Tribal Body-Worn Camera microgrant grantee list)

The Aventura Police Department implemented gunshot detection systems into the city's two charter schools in 2020.

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Annual report (City of Aventura)
Vendor information (Security Sales and Innovation)

The Doral Police Department has 147 automated license plate readers and stores ALPR data for three years.

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News article (Local 10 News)

The Miami-Dade Police Department received a grant to purchase ShotSpotter Connect predictive policing technology in 2021.

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Government budget/purchasing (Miami Dade)

The University of Miami Police Department uses video analytics software combined with more than 1,300 cameras, according to the police chief's resume.

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News article (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
University information (University of Miami)

The Indian Creek Village Public Safety Department collected 254,000 license plate scans in 2019 using Vigilant Solutions automated license plate readers.

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Public records (Indian Creek Village Police)

The Miami Springs Police Department has been using automated license plate readers since 2016.

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Government information (Miami Springs Police Department)

The Doral Police Department have used body-worn cameras since January 4, 2016.

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Government information (Government Agency)

The Miami Beach Police Department purchased 556 body-worn cameras in 2014.

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Public records (Axon)
Social media (Miami Beach Police Facebook)

The Gladeview Police Department uses ShotSpotter gunshot detection technology.

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News article (Florida Weekly)

The Miami Gardens Police Department uses ShotSpotter gunshot detection technology.

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News article (Bradenten Herald)
News article (NBC Miami)

The Coral Gables Police Department runs a Community Intelligence Center (CIC) inside its headquarters. The CIC utilizes 13 monitors which display video feeds from city-owned and privately owned cameras.

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News article (Community Newspapers)
News article (Miami Herald)

The Miami Gardens Police Department launched its real-time crime center in 2015. According to Commercial Integrator, the RTCC is equipped with a video wall system and access to automated license plate readers, ShotSpotter gunshot detection technology, and news feeds. The MGPD also usesLive Earth mapping software.

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Vendor information (Commercial Integrator)
News article (Miami Times)

The Miami-Dade Police Department Real-Time Crime Center provided access to a citywide surevillance camera network and ShotSpotter gunshot detection sensors. The RTCC also allows residents to send-in video, texts, or pictures of any crimes in an app called Citizen on Patrol Application (COPA).

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News article (CBS Miami)
News article (NBC Miami)
News article (NBC Miami)

The Miami Gardens Police Department has been using predictive policings since 2015. MGPD uses Hunchlab (now Shotspotter Connect) and other software in their predictive policing initiative.

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News article (Miami Herald)
Public records (Miami Gardens 2014-2015 Annual budget)

The West Miami Police Department is one of more than 275 law enforcement agencies with access to the Face Analysis Comparison & Examination System (FACES), a face recognition program maintained by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. Investigators may upload an image to search more than 25-million Florida driver's license photos and mugshots.

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News article (Orlando Sentinel)
Academic Report (Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law)
Public records (Pinellas County Sheriff's Office)

The Virginia Gardens Police Department is one of more than 275 law enforcement agencies with access to the Face Analysis Comparison & Examination System (FACES), a face recognition program maintained by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. Investigators may upload an image to search more than 25-million Florida driver's license photos and mugshots.

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News article (Orlando Sentinel)
Academic Report (Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law)
Public records (Pinellas County Sheriff's Office)

The Palmetto Bay Policing Unit (on contract with the Miami-Dade Police Department) is one of more than 275 law enforcement agencies with access to the Face Analysis Comparison & Examination System (FACES), a face recognition program maintained by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. Investigators may upload an image to search more than 25-million Florida driver's license photos and mugshots.

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News article (Orlando Sentinel)
Academic Report (Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law)
Public records (Pinellas County Sheriff's Office)

The Surfside Police Department is one of more than 275 law enforcement agencies with access to the Face Analysis Comparison & Examination System (FACES), a face recognition program maintained by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. Investigators may upload an image to search more than 25-million Florida driver's license photos and mugshots.

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News article (Orlando Sentinel)
Academic Report (Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law)
Public records (Pinellas County Sheriff's Office)

The Sunny Isles Beach Police Department is one of more than 275 law enforcement agencies with access to the Face Analysis Comparison & Examination System (FACES), a face recognition program maintained by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. Investigators may upload an image to search more than 25-million Florida driver's license photos and mugshots.

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News article (Orlando Sentinel)
Academic Report (Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law)
Public records (Pinellas County Sheriff's Office)

The South Miami Police Department is one of more than 275 law enforcement agencies with access to the Face Analysis Comparison & Examination System (FACES), a face recognition program maintained by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. Investigators may upload an image to search more than 25-million Florida driver's license photos and mugshots.

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News article (Orlando Sentinel)
Academic Report (Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law)
Public records (Pinellas County Sheriff's Office)

The Pinecrest Police Department is one of more than 275 law enforcement agencies with access to the Face Analysis Comparison & Examination System (FACES), a face recognition program maintained by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. Investigators may upload an image to search more than 25-million Florida driver's license photos and mugshots.

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News article (Orlando Sentinel)
Academic Report (Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law)
Public records (Pinellas County Sheriff's Office)

The North Miami Police Department is one of more than 275 law enforcement agencies with access to the Face Analysis Comparison & Examination System (FACES), a face recognition program maintained by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. Investigators may upload an image to search more than 25-million Florida driver's license photos and mugshots.

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News article (Orlando Sentinel)
Academic Report (Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law)
Public records (Pinellas County Sheriff's Office)

The North Miami Beach Police Department is one of more than 275 law enforcement agencies with access to the Face Analysis Comparison & Examination System (FACES), a face recognition program maintained by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. Investigators may upload an image to search more than 25-million Florida driver's license photos and mugshots.

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News article (Orlando Sentinel)
Academic Report (Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law)
Public records (Pinellas County Sheriff's Office)

The North Bay Village Police Department is one of more than 275 law enforcement agencies with access to the Face Analysis Comparison & Examination System (FACES), a face recognition program maintained by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. Investigators may upload an image to search more than 25-million Florida driver's license photos and mugshots.

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News article (Orlando Sentinel)
Academic Report (Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law)
Public records (Pinellas County Sheriff's Office)

The Miami-Dade Schools Police Department is one of more than 275 law enforcement agencies with access to the Face Analysis Comparison & Examination System (FACES), a face recognition program maintained by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. Investigators may upload an image to search more than 25-million Florida driver's license photos and mugshots.

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News article (Orlando Sentinel)
Academic Report (Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law)
Public records (Pinellas County Sheriff's Office)

The Miami-Dade Police Department is one of more than 275 law enforcement agencies with access to the Face Analysis Comparison & Examination System (FACES), a face recognition program maintained by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. Investigators may upload an image to search more than 25-million Florida driver's license photos and mugshots.

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News article (Orlando Sentinel)
Academic Report (Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law)
Public records (Pinellas County Sheriff's Office)

Miami Springs Police Department entered into a three-year contract for face recognition with Clearview AI in 2022.

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Government budget/purchasing (MuckRock)

The Miami Shores Police Department is one of more than 275 law enforcement agencies with access to the Face Analysis Comparison & Examination System (FACES), a face recognition program maintained by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. Investigators may upload an image to search more than 25-million Florida driver's license photos and mugshots.

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News article (Orlando Sentinel)
Academic Report (Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law)
Public records (Pinellas County Sheriff's Office)

The Miami Gardens Police Department is one of more than 275 law enforcement agencies with access to the Face Analysis Comparison & Examination System (FACES), a face recognition program maintained by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. Investigators may upload an image to search more than 25-million Florida driver's license photos and mugshots.

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News article (Orlando Sentinel)
Academic Report (Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law)
Public records (Pinellas County Sheriff's Office)

The Miami Beach Police Department is one of more than 275 law enforcement agencies with access to the Face Analysis Comparison & Examination System (FACES), a face recognition program maintained by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. Investigators may upload an image to search more than 25-million Florida driver's license photos and mugshots.

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News article (Orlando Sentinel)
Academic Report (Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law)
Public records (Pinellas County Sheriff's Office)

The Medley Police Department is one of more than 275 law enforcement agencies with access to the Face Analysis Comparison & Examination System (FACES), a face recognition program maintained by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. Investigators may upload an image to search more than 25-million Florida driver's license photos and mugshots.

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News article (Orlando Sentinel)
Academic Report (Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law)
Public records (Pinellas County Sheriff's Office)

The Homestead Police Department is one of more than 275 law enforcement agencies with access to the Face Analysis Comparison & Examination System (FACES), a face recognition program maintained by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. Investigators may upload an image to search more than 25-million Florida driver's license photos and mugshots.

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News article (Orlando Sentinel)
Academic Report (Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law)
Public records (Pinellas County Sheriff's Office)

The Hialeah Police Department is one of more than 275 law enforcement agencies with access to the Face Analysis Comparison & Examination System (FACES), a face recognition program maintained by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. Investigators may upload an image to search more than 25-million Florida driver's license photos and mugshots.

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News article (Orlando Sentinel)
Academic Report (Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law)
Public records (Pinellas County Sheriff's Office)

The Florida City Police Department is one of more than 275 law enforcement agencies with access to the Face Analysis Comparison & Examination System (FACES), a face recognition program maintained by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. Investigators may upload an image to search more than 25-million Florida driver's license photos and mugshots.

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News article (Orlando Sentinel)
Academic Report (Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law)
Public records (Pinellas County Sheriff's Office)

The Doral Police Department is one of more than 275 law enforcement agencies with access to the Face Analysis Comparison & Examination System (FACES), a face recognition program maintained by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. Investigators may upload an image to search more than 25-million Florida driver's license photos and mugshots.

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News article (Orlando Sentinel)
Academic Report (Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law)
Public records (Pinellas County Sheriff's Office)

The Coral Gables Police Department is one of more than 275 law enforcement agencies with access to the Face Analysis Comparison & Examination System (FACES), a face recognition program maintained by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. Investigators may upload an image to search more than 25-million Florida driver's license photos and mugshots.

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News article (Orlando Sentinel)
Academic Report (Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law)
Public records (Pinellas County Sheriff's Office)

The Bay Harbor Islands Police Department is one of more than 275 law enforcement agencies with access to the Face Analysis Comparison & Examination System (FACES), a face recognition program maintained by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. Investigators may upload an image to search more than 25-million Florida driver's license photos and mugshots.

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News article (Orlando Sentinel)
Academic Report (Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law)
Public records (Pinellas County Sheriff's Office)

The Aventura Police Department is one of more than 275 law enforcement agencies with access to the Face Analysis Comparison & Examination System (FACES), a face recognition program maintained by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. Investigators may upload an image to search more than 25-million Florida driver's license photos and mugshots.

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News article (Orlando Sentinel)
Academic Report (Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law)
Public records (Pinellas County Sheriff's Office)

The Miami Gardens Police Department's SafeCam program is a voluntary registry of private and personal surveillance cameras.

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Government information (Miami Gardens Police Department)

The Miami Beach Police Department shared data collected using Vigilant Solutions automated license plate readers with 59 other law enforcement agencies, according to documents produced in 2019.

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Public records (MuckRock)

The Miami-Dade Police Department replaced its Harris Corp. "Stingray" with a Nyxcell cell-simulator from Tactical Support Equipment in 2020.

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Government information (Miami-Dade County Commissioners)
Government information (Miami Dade County Commission)
News article (Vocativ)

The Miami Shores Police Department operates one drone as of 2019, according to data compiled by the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College.

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Academic report (Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College)
Government information (Florida Senate)

The Miami Beach Police Department operates one drone as of 2017, according to data compiled by the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College.

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Academic report (Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College)
Government information (Florida Senate)

The Doral Police Department operates one drone as of 2018, according to data compiled by the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College.

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Academic report (Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College)

The Aventura Police Department uses drones.

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Government information (Florida Senate)
Academic report (Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College)

The Hialeah Police Department purchased 2 Brinc Lemur S drones in 2021.

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Government information (City of Hialeah)

The North Miami Beach Police Department uses Axon body-worn cameras.

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Social media (Facebook)
Policy (Miami Police Department)

The Coral Gables Police Department started a drone program in 2022, in which the agency contracts with the private company Bond to deploy Air Guardian drones.

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News article (Local10)
News article (Smart Cities Dive)
Government information (Florida Senate)

The Miami-Dade Police Department uses drones.

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Government information (Florida Sheriffs Association)
News article (Miami New Times)
News article (NBC 6 South Florida)

The Homestead Police Department uses Axon body-worn cameras and received a $750,000 Bureau of Justice Assistant grant in 2022 to purchase more cameras.

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Government information (US Bureau of Justice Assistance)
Social media (Homestead Police Department Facebook page)

The Pinecrest Police Department was awared a $47,000 Bureau of Justice Assistance grant for body-worn cameras in 2022.

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Government information (Bureau of Justice Assistance)

The Bay Harbor Islands Police Department began using body-worn cameras in 2021.

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News article (Local10 News)
News article (Bay Harbor Islands NewsWaves)

The South Miami Police Department uses drones.

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Government information (Florida Senate)
Government information (South Miami Police Department)

The Bay Harbor Island Police Department purchased a Flock Safety license plate reader system in 2021.

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Government information (Bay Harbor Islands News Waves)
Government information (Bay Harbor Islands News Waves)
Government budget/purchasing (Bay Harbor Island)

The Palmetto Bay Policing Unit (on contract with the Miami-Dade Police Department) purchased two mobile automated license plate reader kits from ACTI Communications in 2017.

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Government budget/purchasing (Mayor of the Village of Palmetto Bay, Florida.)

The North Bay Village Police Department began using automated license plate readers in November 2019.

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Meeting documents (North Bay Village Planning and Zoning Board)

The North Bay Village Police Department received $40,000 from the Bureau of Justice Assistance to purchase 20 body-worn cameras through the 2022 Small, Rural, Tribal BWC Microgrant program.

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Government information (Small, Rural, and Tribal Body-Worn Camera microgrant grantee list)

The Miami Gardens Police Department uses BriefCam software.

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News article (Buzzfeed)
Vendor information (BriefCam Powerpoint)

The City of Doral purchased BriefCam software for the IT department in December 2016.

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News article (Buzzfeed)
Government information (Doral Police Department)

The City of Miami Beach purchased BriefCam software for $43,500 in 2018.

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Government information (Miami Beach, Florida)

The Coral Gables Police Department implemented BriefCam video analytics in its Crime Intelligence Center in 2016.

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Government information (ESRI)
Press release (EVOGOV)

The Miami-Dade Police Department received a $1.2 million grant in 2015 from U.S. Department of Justice to purchase body-worn cameras. MDPD matched the grant to provide BWCs to 962 officers.

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Government information (Miami-Dade Police Department)
News article (Cision PR Newswire)
Academic Report (Florida International University)

Miami-Dade Police Department began using ShotSpotter in 2011, but abandoned it in 2014. MDPD reintroduced the technology in 2016.

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News article (Miami New Times)
News article (NBC Miami)