County record · Louisiana

Jefferson County

8 Deployments on record

3 Agencies

5 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · 2 Fixed cameras & RTCC · 1 Face recognition · 1 Drones / UAS · 2 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

Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office

Harvey · 4 deployments · on UnGovr: Jefferson Parish

ALPR

The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office owned 111 automatic license plate readers as of 2016.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): 4WWL The Times Picayune

Body-worn & dashcam Vendor: Axon

The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office signed an $8.5 million, five-year contract with Axon for 500 body-worn cameras and 277 patrol vehicle cameras in June 2021.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Times Picayune

Drones / UAS Vendor: DJI

The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office operates one DJI Phantom drone as of 2014, 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 www.nola.com www.faa.gov

Face recognition Vendor: Clearview AI

Jefferson Parish Sheriff's office purchased a three-year unlimited seat license at a cost of $75,000 in October 2020.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Jefferson Parish

Kenner Police Department

Kenner · 3 deployments · on UnGovr: City of Kenner

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Kenner Police Department purchased 55 Flock Safety Automated License Plate Readers in 2022, for a total of 93 cameras.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Nola.com

Body-worn & dashcam Vendor: Axon

In 2022, the Kenner Police Department initiated a 10-year, $5.5 million contract to purchase Axon body-worn cameras and other equipment. The Kenner Police Department plans to equip 140 officers with body-worn cameras by 2023.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Nola.com

Drones / UAS

The Kenner Police Department has a drone team.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): FOX 8 WWL-TV

Westwego Police Department

Westwego · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of Westwego

Fixed cameras & RTCC Vendor: Project NOLA

The Westwego Police Department partnered with Project NOLA's real-time crime center program in 2014. The department has direct access to the cameras installed throughout the city.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): FOX8

Source: EFF Atlas of Surveillance (Electronic Frontier Foundation & University of Nevada, Reno — Reynolds School of Journalism) · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved July 2026