Will County
County record. Includes every city and agency within Will 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
Will County Sheriff's Office
The Will County Sheriff's Office has at least 100 Axon body-worn cameras as of 2024. The cameras are primarily used in detention facilities.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards BoardWill County Sheriff's OfficeIllinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board
The Will County Sheriff's Office has seven 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
Channahon Police Department
The Channhon Police Departemnt received funding to purchase two Flock Safety automated license plate readers in 2022.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): WJOL
The Channahon Police Department has 25 Motorola body-worn cameras as of 2024.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board
The Channahon Police Department has three drones, according to the 2024 Illinois Freedom from Drone Surveillance Act Report. The agency conducted 10 drone flights between July 2023 and March 2024.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority
Joliet Police Department
The Joliet Police Department uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Flock SafetyJolietPatch
The Joliet Police Department operates a "Video Surveillance System Registration" program.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Joliet Police Department
The Joliet Police Department has nine drones, according to the 2024 Illinois Freedom from Drone Surveillance Act Report. The agency conducted 80 drone flights between July 2023 and March 2024.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority
Mokena Police Department
The Mokena Village Board of Trustees approved the purchased of Flock Safety automated license plate readers in June 2020.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Mokena Village Board of Trustees
The Mokena Police Department uses 36 Axon body-worn cameras as of 2024.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): PatchJustice & Security StrategiesJustice & Security Strategies
The Mokena Police Department has three drones, according to the 2024 Illinois Freedom from Drone Surveillance Act Report. The agency conducted 59 drone flights between July 2023 and March 2024.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority
Plainfield Police Department
The Plainfield Police Department operates 16 Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department
The Plainfield Police Department has 64 body-worn cameras as of 2024.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board
The Plainfield Police Department has five 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
Romeoville Police Department
The Remeoville Police Department has installed Flock Safety automated license plate readers at various intersections and as of February 2023 planned to expand the program.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Romeoville Police Department
The Romeoville Police Department uses 73 Axon body-worn cameras as of 2024.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Romeoville Police DepartmentIllinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board
The Romeoville Police Department operates a Condor camera from Flock Safety as of September 2025. The camera is paired with video analytics software.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department
Shorewood Police Department
The Shorewood Police Department has six Flock Safety automated license plate readers.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Patch
The Shorewood Police Department received a Small, Rural, and Tribal Body-Worn Camera Program grant for $28,880 for 15 body-worn cameras in 2023.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Justice & Security StrategiesJustice & Security Strategies
The Shorewood Police Department has three drones, according to the 2024 Illinois Freedom from Drone Surveillance Act Report. The agency conducted eight drone flights between July 2023 and March 2024.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority
Beecher Police Department
As of April 2024, the Beecher Police Department operates 12 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
Beecher Police Department received $31,599 to purchase 16 body-worn cameras through the Small, Rural and Tribal Body-Worn Camera program in 2024.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): SRT BWC Program
Bolingbrook Police Department
The Bolingbrook Police Department uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Flock SafetyBolingbrook
The Bolingbrook Police Department has nine drones, according to the 2024 Illinois Freedom from Drone Surveillance Act Report. The agency conducted eight drone flights between July 2023 and March 2024.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority
Braidwood Police Department
The Braidwood Police Department received funding in January 2023 for four Flock Safety automated license plate readers.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): WJOL
The Braidwood Police Department uses 22 body-worn cameras as of 2024.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): City of Braidwood WebsiteCity of Braidwood WebsiteIllinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board
Crest Hill Police Department
The Crest Hill Police Department operates 12 Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department
The Crest Hill Police Department has 24 Motorola body-worn cameras as of 2024.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board
Frankfort Police Department
The Frankfort Police Department uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Village of Oswego
The Frankfort Police Department has 35 Axon body-worn cameras as of 2024.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board
New Lenox Police Department
The New Lenox Police Department scanned 535,441,493 license plates in 2018 using Vigilant Solutions automated license plate readers.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): MuckRock
The New Lenox Police Department has 40 body-worn cameras as of 2024.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board
Rockdale Police Department
The Rockdale Police Department operates 11 Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department
The Rockdale Police Department use nine body-worn cameras between its 11 officers.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board
University Park Police Department
The University Park Police Department operates eight Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department
The University Park Police Department received a $20,000 Bureau of Justice Assistance grant in 2022 to purchase 16 body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): US Bureau of Justice Assistance
Wilmington Police Department
The Wilmington Police Department uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Flock SafetyFree Press
The Wilmington Police Department has one drone according to the 2024 Illinois Freedom from Drone Surveillance Act Report.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority
Crete Police Department
The Crete Police Department has Flock Safety automated license plate readers.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Vedette
Governors State University Police Department
The Governors State University Police Department received $8,500 from the Bureau of Justice Assistance to purchase 15 body-worn cameras through the 2022 Small, Rural, Tribal BWC Microgrant program.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Small, Rural, and Tribal Body-Worn Camera microgrant grantee list
Joliet Junior College Police Department
The Joliet Junior College Police Department operates seven Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department
Lemont Police Department
The Lemont Police Department uses Vigilant Solutions automated license plate readers.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Village of Oswego
Lockport Police Department
The Lockport Police Department has 50 Axon body-worn cameras as of 2024.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board
Northern Illinois University Department
The Northern Illinois University Department has 62 Axon body-worn cameras as of 2024.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board
Peotone Police Department
As of April 2024, the Peotone Police Department operates three 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
Willowbrook Police Department
The Willowbrook Police Department operates 17 Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department
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 Will County or a jurisdiction within it.