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The Miami Police Department signed an agreement with Amazon's home surveillance equipment company, Ring, in 2018 to gain special access to the company's Neighbors app.

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Vendor information (Ring)
Vendor information (Ring)

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 dataset (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 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 North Bay Village Police Department signed an agreement with Amazon's home surveillance equipment company, Ring, in 2022 to gain special access to the company's Neighbors app.

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Vendor information (Ring)
Vendor information (Ring)

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 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 Pinecrest Police Department signed an agreement with Amazon's home surveillance equipment company, Ring, in 2021 to gain special access to the company's Neighbors app.

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Vendor information (Ring)
Vendor information (Ring)

The North Miami Beach Police Department signed an agreement with Amazon's home surveillance equipment company, Ring, in 2021 to gain special access to the company's Neighbors app.

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Vendor information (Ring)
Vendor information (Ring)