Sangamon County
County record. Includes every city and agency within Sangamon County.
Technology presence
What these categories mean
- ALPR
- Automated license plate readers (ALPR): camera systems that automatically capture, read, and log vehicle license plates with location and time, producing a searchable record of vehicle movements.
- Fixed cameras & RTCC
- Agency-operated fixed video cameras and the real-time crime centers (RTCC) that aggregate live and recorded feeds for monitoring. Extends the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Atlas, which enumerates real-time crime centers and camera registries but not standalone fixed-camera estates.
- Face recognition
- Software that matches faces in images or video against a reference database to identify or verify individuals.
- Drones / UAS
- Uncrewed aerial systems (UAS), commonly called drones, operated by an agency for overhead observation, imaging, or sensing.
- Gunshot detection
- Networks of acoustic sensors that detect and locate suspected gunfire and alert an agency.
- Body-worn & dashcam
- Officer body-worn and in-vehicle dashboard cameras that record encounters; public access to the footage is frequently restricted.
- Doorbell & camera registry
- Programs that give an agency access to privately owned camera footage: doorbell-camera partnerships, citizen camera registries, and private-camera integration platforms.
- Cell-site simulators
- Devices that mimic cell towers to locate or identify nearby mobile phones. They are often called Stingrays, or IMSI catchers after the international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) number that identifies each phone on a network. Adjacent: communications surveillance outside the visual/sensor core.
- Predictive policing
- Software that forecasts where crime may occur or who may be involved, to direct policing. Adjacent: analytics rather than a sensing deployment.
- Social-media monitoring
- Tools that collect and analyze public social-media activity for an agency. Adjacent: open-source/communications monitoring outside the visual/sensor core.
The record, by agency
Sangamon County Sheriff's Office
The Sangamon County Sheriff's Office operates 20 Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department
The Sangamon County Sheriff's Office has one drones according to the 2024 Illinois Freedom from Drone Surveillance Act Report.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority
Springfield Police Department
As of April 2024, the Springfield Police Department operates 94 Flock Safety automated license plate readers. The agency stores ALPR data for 30 days.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Flock SafetyThe News & ObserverThe News & Observer
The Springfield Police Department has 253 Axon body-worn cameras as of 2024.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards BoardIllinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board
The Springfield Police Department has three drones, according to the 2024 Illinois Freedom from Drone Surveillance Act Report. The agency conducted seven drone flights between July 2023 and March 2024.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority
The Springfield Police Department employs ShopSpotter gunshot detection technology.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): ShotSpotter.comThe State Journal-RegisterABC 20
Chatham Police Department
The Chatham Police Department operates 16 Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department
The Chatham Police Department operates four Condor cameras from Flock Safety as of September 2025. The cameras are paired with video analytics software.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department
Illinois State Police
The Illinois State Police acquired cell-site simulator technology in 2008, according data compiled by Kevin Collier for Vocativ.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): VocativKevin CollierMuckRock.s3.amazonaws.com
The Illinois State Police has 73 drones, according to the 2024 Illinois Freedom from Drone Surveillance Act Report. The agency conducted 695 drone flights between July 2023 and March 2024.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority
Rochester Police Department
The Rochester Police Department operates one Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department
The Rochester Police Department has 14 Axon body-worn cameras as of 2024.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board
Illinois Conservation Police Department
The Illinois Conservation Police Department has 172 Getac body-worn cameras as of 2024.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board
Illinois Department of Motor Vehicles
The Illinois Department of Motor Vehicles responds to face recognition requests from FBI’s FACE Services Unit and the Illinois State Police.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Electronic Frontier FoundationGovernment Accountability Office
Lincoln Land Community College Police Department
The Lincoln Land Community College Police Department uses Axon body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Lincoln Land Community CollegeIllinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board
Riverton Police Department
The Riverton Police Department operates five Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department
Sangamon County Rescue Squad
The Sangamon County Rescue Squad has one drone, according to the 2022 Illinois Freedom from Drome Surveillance Act Report.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): State of Illinois
Sherman Police Department
The Sherman Police Department received a Small, Rural, and Tribal Body-Worn Camera Program grant for $14,380 for 9 body-worn cameras in 2023.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Justice & Security StrategiesJustice & Security Strategies
Southern Illinois University - School of Medicine Police Department
The Southern Illinois University-School of Medicine Police Department has eight body-worn cameras as of 2024.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board
Southern View Police Department
The Southern View Police Department has five Motorola body-worn cameras as of 2024.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board
University Of Illinois - Springfield Police Department
The University Of Illinois - Springfield Police Department operates four Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department
University of Illinois at Springfield Police Department
The University of Illinois at Springfield Police Department received a Small, Rural, and Tribal Body-Worn Camera Program grant for $7,500 for 16 body-worn cameras in 2023.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Justice & Security StrategiesJustice & Security Strategies
Source: EFF Atlas of Surveillance (Electronic Frontier Foundation & University of Nevada, Reno — Reynolds School of Journalism) · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved July 2026
In the press
Coverage naming Sangamon County or a jurisdiction within it.