Tazewell County
County record. Includes every city and agency within Tazewell 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
Tazewell County Sheriff's Office
The Tazewell County Sheriff's Office has purchased two drones, according to the 2022 Illinois Freedom from Drome Surveillance Act Report
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): State of IllinoisCenter for the Study of the Drone at Bard Collegewww.pekintimes.com
East Peoria Police Department
The East Peoria Police Department operates 19 Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department
The East Peoria Police Department purchased 49 Axon body-worn cameras in 2022.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Heart of Illinois ABC
The East Peoria Police Department has two drones, according to the 2024 Illinois Freedom from Drone Surveillance Act Report. The agency conducted four drone flights between July 2023 and March 2024.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority
Morton Police Department
The Morton Police Department operates 26 Flock Safety automated license plate readers and other cameras as of June 2025. The agency stores ALPR data for 30 days.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Flock Safety
Morton Police Department received $6,000 to purchase three body-worn cameras through the Small, Rural and Tribal Body-Worn Camera program in 2024.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): SRT BWC Program
Pekin Police Department
The Pekin Police Department has 60 Axon body-worn cameras as of 2024.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board
The Pekin Police Department has three drones, according to the 2024 Illinois Freedom from Drone Surveillance Act Report. The agency conducted four drone flights between July 2023 and March 2024.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority
Creve Coeur Police Department
The Creve Coeur Police Department operates three Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department
Delavan Police Department
The Delavan Police Department uses body-worn cameras, according to a 2018 report by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board
Illinois Central College Campus Police Department
The Illinois Central College Police Department has 28 body-worn cameras as of 2024.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): ICC College press releaseIllinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards BoardIllinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board
Mackinaw Police Department
The Mackinaw Police Department operates five Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department
Marquette Heights Police Department
The Marquette Heights Police Department uses body-worn cameras, according to a 2018 report by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board
Parkland College Police Department
The Parkland College Police Department has five automated license plate readers, according to a 2023 report.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): News Gazette
Pekin Park District Police Department
The Pekin Park District Police Department uses body-worn cameras, according to a 2018 report by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Illinois 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