Town of Hartford

Capitol Planning Region · Connecticut

9 Deployments on record
3 Agencies
6 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · 1 Fixed cameras & RTCC · 2 Face recognition · none on record Drones / UAS · 1 Gunshot detection · 1 Body-worn & dashcam · 3 Doorbell & camera registry · 1 Cell-site simulators · none on record Predictive policing · none on record Social-media monitoring · none on record

The record, by agency

Hartford Police Department

Hartford · 7 deployments

ALPR Vendor: ELSAG, Rekor

The Hartford Police Department acquired automated license plate readers as early as 2010.

Body-worn & dashcam

The Hartford Police Dept. began using body-worn cameras in 2019,

Doorbell & camera registry Vendor: Fusus

The Hartford Police Department utilizes the Fusus camera registry.

Drones / UAS

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

Fixed cameras & RTCC

The Hartford Police Department launched its real-time crime center in 2016. The Capital City Crime Center uses automated license plate readers, ShotSpotter gunshot detection, a network of more than 750 cameras, and multiple data analysis software tools.

Fixed cameras & RTCC Vendor: BriefCam

The Hartford Police Department has used BriefCam software since 2017.

Gunshot detection Vendor: ShotSpotter

In 2012, the Hartford Police Department installed ShotSpotter and in 2016 expanded coverage to the entire city for $500,000.

DEEP Environmental Conservation Police Department

Hartford · 1 deployment

Body-worn & dashcam

The DEEP Environmental Conservation Police Department uses body-worn cameras, as required by state law, according to a 2022 report from NBC Connecticut.

Metropolitan District Commission Police Department

Hartford · 1 deployment

Body-worn & dashcam

The Metropolitan District Commission Police Department uses body-worn cameras, as required by state law, according to a 2022 report from NBC Connecticut.

Source: EFF Atlas of Surveillance (Electronic Frontier Foundation & University of Nevada, Reno — Reynolds School of Journalism) · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved July 2026