County record · Illinois
Franklin County
3
Deployments on record
3
Agencies
2
Technology categories
Technology presence
ALPR · 1
Fixed cameras & RTCC · none on record
Face recognition · none on record
Drones / UAS · none on record
Gunshot detection · none on record
Body-worn & dashcam · 2
Doorbell & camera registry · none on record
Cell-site simulators · none on record
Predictive policing · none on record
Social-media monitoring · none on record
The record, by agency
Benton Police Department
Body-worn & dashcam
The Benton Police Department spent $40,000 on body-worn cameras in 2019.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): WSIL
Franklin County Sheriff's Office
ALPR
Vendor: Flock Safety
The Franklin County Sheriff's Office operates two Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department
Sesser Police Department
Body-worn & dashcam
Vendor: WatchGuard
The Sesser Police Department uses six WatchGuard body-worn cameras as of 2024.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards BoardIllinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board
Source: EFF Atlas of Surveillance (Electronic Frontier Foundation & University of Nevada, Reno — Reynolds School of Journalism) · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved July 2026