Johnson County
County record. Includes every city and agency within Johnson 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
Olathe Police Department
The Olathe Police Department uses Axon body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): KSHB 41KMBCOlathe Police Department's Facebook page
The Olathe Police Department operates one drone as of 2017, according to data compiled by the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard Collegewww.faa.gov
Gardner Police Department
The Gardner Police Department operates four Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department
The Gardner Police Department operates one DJI Mavic drone as of 2019, according to data compiled by the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard Collegewww.gardnerkansas.gov
Lenexa Police Department
Lenexa Police Department has used drones since at least 2017 and launched a pilot for a drone as first responder program in 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): FOX4 News Kansas CityCenter for the Study of the Drone at Bard CollegeCity of Lenexa
The Lenexa Police Department began using body-worn cameras in 2010.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Kansas State LegislatureLenexa Police Department on Facebook
Overland Park Police Department
The Overland Park Police Department began its drone program in 2018. The agency requested $460,000 for two Brinc drones and additional equipment in 2024. In total, the agency owns seven drones.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Johnson County PostOverland Park City Website
The Overland Park Police Department purchased BriefCam video analytics software with asset forfeiture funds in 2015.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Public Safety Committee Meeting
Mission Police Department
The Mission Police Department uses automated license plate readers.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Shawnee Mission PostCity of MissionCity of Mission
Roeland Park Police Department
The Roeland Park Police Department received approval to purchase three automated license plate readers in 2023.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Shawnee Mission Post
Johnson County Sheriff's Office
The Johnson County Sheriff's Office received approval in 2023 to install 55 automated license plate readers.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Shawnee Mission Post
The Johnson County Sheriff's Office operates one drone as of 2016, according to data compiled by the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College
Shawnee Police Department
The Shawnee Police Department operates one drone as of 2019, according to data compiled by the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard Collegewww.faa.gov
The U.S. Department of Justice awarded $44,003 to the Shawnee Police Department in 2016 as part of the Bureau of Justice Assistance's body-worn camera grant program.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): U.S Department of Justice
Merriam Police Department
The U.S. Department of Justice awarded $41,250 to the Merriam Police Department in 2018 as part of the Bureau of Justice Assistance's body-worn camera grant program.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): U.S Department of Justice
Prairie Village Police Department
The Prairie Village Police Department maintains a voluntary registry of private and personal surveillance cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): City of Mission Hills
Source: EFF Atlas of Surveillance (Electronic Frontier Foundation & University of Nevada, Reno — Reynolds School of Journalism) · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved July 2026