Who runs surveillance cameras in Bingham County?
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- Agency
- Bingham County Sheriff's Office
- Vendor
- M2 Automation
- Devices
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- Agency
- Bingham County Sheriff's Office
- Vendor
- Samsara
- Devices
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| System | Agency | Vendor | Status | Devices |
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| The Bingham County camera and door system | Bingham County Sheriff's Office | M2 Automation | Active | — |
| The Bingham County fleet and transfer station cameras | Bingham County Sheriff's Office | Samsara | Active | — |
Also listed here because the record shows it
These systems are documented primarily as something else. They appear here because a cited record shows the deployment also does this.
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The city's own year in review records a camera system installed at Jensen Grove, the Parks and Recreation shop and the golf course to deal with vandalism. No price, vendor or count is stated, and the record does not say who watches it.
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What we do not know
Bingham County Sheriff
- What is in the JSA contract? No scope, camera count, location list, term or retention period appears in any published county document.
- How long is footage from county cameras kept, and who decides?
- Who may view a recording, on what authority, and is there a written rule?
- Does the video surveillance task at each controlled door mean a new camera, and if so how many are being added?
Bingham County Sheriff
- How long is footage from the fleet cameras kept? Legal counsel raised it in February 2025 and the record never answers.
- Who holds an account on the fleet camera system, and is there a log of who viewed what?
- Was the internal policy for the transfer station cameras written, and does it cover the fleet cameras too?
- Do the transfer station cameras record audio?
The Blackfoot Police Department's cameras [Blackfoot Police]
- How long does the department keep body camera and in-car footage?
- What governs the shared server, and can county staff see city footage or the other way round?
- Did the department move to cloud storage, and if so to whose cloud?
- Is there a written body camera policy, and has the Council ever seen it?
- Who watches the park cameras, and how long is that footage kept?
What camera networks are
Fixed and steerable cameras run by a public agency, often networked so footage from many locations can be watched or searched from one place.
What you can do
Civic action
Show up
This technology is bought and renewed by boards, councils and committees that meet in public. We have confirmed where each of them meets in Bingham County and how public comment works there.
How to show up in Bingham County →Personal protection
Protect yourself
Practical steps to shrink your personal data trail. Our guides publish at launch; until then, EFF's Surveillance Self-Defense is the best starting point.
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