Surveillance Cameras

What to Know About Police AI Surveillance—and How to Protect Your Privacy If you live in Sarasota County, your local sheriff’s department has recently added more AI-powered surveillance tools. A story in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune from early May 2026 details how the sheriff’s office is expanding its use of cameras and analytics that can automatically detect and track people and vehicles. The move has drawn criticism from privacy advocates who say the public was not given enough say before the technology was deployed. ...

Police AI surveillance is expanding: Here’s how it affects your privacy What happened The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office recently announced an expansion of its artificial intelligence‑powered surveillance capabilities, according to a May 3 report in the Sarasota Herald‑Tribune. While the exact details of the new tools were not fully disclosed in the report, the move fits a wider national trend: law enforcement agencies increasingly use facial recognition, drone video analytics, and predictive algorithms to monitor public spaces. ...