Sedgwick County
County record. Includes every city and agency within Sedgwick 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
Goddard Police Department
The Goddard Police Department operates 11 Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department
The Goddard Police Department transitioned to WatchGuard body-worn cameras in 2018
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Goddard City Council
Eastborough Police Department
The Eastborough Police Department operates 10 Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department
Valley Center Police Department
The Valley Center Police Department operates three Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department
Park City Police Department
The Park City Police Department operates 14 Flock Safety automated license plate readers and other cameras as of July 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Flock SafetyThe News & ObserverThe News & Observer
Haysville Police Department
The Haysville Police Department uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): US District Court
Wichita Police Department
The Wichita Police Department planned to purchase about 144 Flock Safety Raven gunshot detection sensors in July 2024. The agency has tested the Flock Safety Ravens since February 2022 and began using gunshot detection technology in 2018.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Wichita EagleKWCH
As of April 2024, the Wichita Police Department operates 167 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
The Wichita Police Department operates one drone as of 2018, 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.wichita.gov
Derby Police Department
As of April 2024, the Derby Police Department operates 15 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
The Derby Police Department launched its department-wide Axon body-worn camera program in 2018. The program will cost $87,000 over five years.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): City of DerbyDerby Informerkansas.com
Kechi Police Department
The Kechi Police Department has access to the Wichita Police Department's Flock Safety automated license plate reader system.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Wichita EagleKAKEKAKE
Kansas Department of Revenue Division of Vehicles
The Kansas Department of Revenue’s Division of Vehicles Office of Special Investigation uses face recognition and responds to external law enforcement agency face recognition requests on a case-by-case basis.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Electronic Frontier Foundation
Clearwater Police Department
The Clearwater Police Department has been using Axon body-worn cameras since at least 2019.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): City of ClearwaterCity of Clearwater
Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office
The Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office operates two DJI drones as of 2018, 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.govwww.ksn.com
Source: EFF Atlas of Surveillance (Electronic Frontier Foundation & University of Nevada, Reno — Reynolds School of Journalism) · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved July 2026