Macomb County
County record. Includes every city and agency within Macomb 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
Shelby Township Police Department
The Shelby Township Police Department operates 30 Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department
The Shelby Township's Police Chief signed a 5-year contract with Axon in 2014 to purchase body-worn cameras for $500,000
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Macomb Daily
The Shelby Township Police Department operates a camera registry via CRIMEWATCH.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): CRIMEWATCH
Warren Police Department
The Warren Police Department has installed one Raven gunshot detection device from Flock Safety as of September 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department
The Warren Police Department uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Royal Oak Police Department Memo
The Warren Police Department has desktop access to Michigan State Police's face recognition system, the Statewide Network of Agency Photos (SNAP).
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Michigan State PoliceMichigan State PoliceMichigan State Police
Eastpointe Police Department
The Eastpointe Police Department operates 19 Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department
The Eastpointe Police Department has desktop access to Michigan State Police's face recognition system, the Statewide Network of Agency Photos (SNAP).
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Michigan State PoliceMichigan State PoliceMichigan State Police
St. Clair Shores Police Department
The St. Clair Shores Police Depatment entered a five-year contract for 12 Flock Safety automated license plate readers. The contract includes a one-time installation fee of $7,800 and a $36,000 yearly subscription fee.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): St. Clair Shores Sentinel
The St. Clair Shores Police Department has desktop access to Michigan State Police's face recognition system, the Statewide Network of Agency Photos (SNAP).
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Michigan State PoliceMichigan State PoliceMichigan State Police
Sterling Heights Police Department
As of April 2024, the Sterling Heights Police Department operates 20 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 Sterling Heights Police Department has desktop access to Michigan State Police's face recognition system, the Statewide Network of Agency Photos (SNAP).
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Michigan State PoliceMichigan State PoliceMichigan State Police
The Sterling Heights Police Department operates one DJI Mavic 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.facebook.comwww.macombdaily.com
New Baltimore Police Department
New Baltimore Police Department received $36,000 to purchase 18 body-worn cameras through the Small, Rural and Tribal Body-Worn Camera program in 2024.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): SRT BWC Program
The New Baltimore Police Department renewed their contract with Flock Safety for nine automated license plate readers in 2023.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Voice News
The New Baltimore Police Department has desktop access to Michigan State Police's face recognition system, the Statewide Network of Agency Photos (SNAP).
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Michigan State PoliceMichigan State PoliceMichigan State Police
Utica Police Department
The Utica Police Department received a Small, Rural, and Tribal Body-Worn Camera Program grant for $30,000 for 15 body-worn cameras in 2023.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Justice & Security StrategiesJustice & Security Strategies
The Utica Police Department has desktop access to Michigan State Police's face recognition system, the Statewide Network of Agency Photos (SNAP).
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Michigan State PoliceMichigan State PoliceMichigan State Police
Frasier Police Department
The Frasier Police Department installed eight Flock Safety automated license plate readers in 2023.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): C and G NewsRoyal Oak Police Department Memo
Macomb County Sheriff’s Office
The Macomb County Sheriff’s Office uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Royal Oak Police Department Memo
Roseville Police Department
The Roseville Police Department uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Royal Oak Police Department Memo
The Roseville Police Department has desktop access to Michigan State Police's face recognition system, the Statewide Network of Agency Photos (SNAP).
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Michigan State PoliceMichigan State PoliceMichigan State Police
The Roseville Police Department uses body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Belleville IndependentMacomb Daily
Chesterfield Township Police Department
In 2023, the Chesterfield Township Police Department entered into a five-year lease contract with Flock Safety for five automated license plate readers at a cost of $62,500.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Voice
The Chesterfield Township Police Department has desktop access to Michigan State Police's face recognition system, the Statewide Network of Agency Photos (SNAP).
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Michigan State PoliceMichigan State PoliceMichigan State Police
The Chesterfield Township Police Department purchased 36 WatchGuard body-worn cameras in September 2020.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Voice News
Macomb County Sheriff's Office
The Macomb County Sheriff's Office has desktop access to Michigan State Police's face recognition system, the Statewide Network of Agency Photos (SNAP).
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Michigan State PoliceMichigan State PoliceMichigan State Police
The Macomb County Sheriff's Office uses body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Belleville IndependentFacebook
The Macomb County Sheriff's Office operates four 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.michiganradio.orgwww.youtube.com
Armada Police Department
The Armada Police Department has desktop access to Michigan State Police's face recognition system, the Statewide Network of Agency Photos (SNAP).
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Michigan State PoliceMichigan State PoliceMichigan State Police
Fraser Department Of Public Safety
The Fraser Department Of Public Safety has desktop access to Michigan State Police's face recognition system, the Statewide Network of Agency Photos (SNAP).
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Michigan State PoliceMichigan State PoliceMichigan State Police
Memphis Police Department
The Memphis Police Department has desktop access to Michigan State Police's face recognition system, the Statewide Network of Agency Photos (SNAP).
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Michigan State PoliceMichigan State PoliceMichigan State Police
Richmond Police Department
The Richmond Police Department has desktop access to Michigan State Police's face recognition system, the Statewide Network of Agency Photos (SNAP).
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Michigan State PoliceMichigan State PoliceMichigan State Police
Fraser Department of Public Safety
The Fraser Department of Public Safety received $50,000 from the Bureau of Justice Assistance to purchase 25 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
Eastpointe Department of Public Safety.
The Eastpointe Department of Public Safety purchased body-worn cameras in 2020.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): C and G NewsCity of Eastpointe
Romeo Police Department
The Romeo Police Department uses body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Macomb DailyFacebook
Clinton Township Police Department
The Clinton Township 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
Source: EFF Atlas of Surveillance (Electronic Frontier Foundation & University of Nevada, Reno — Reynolds School of Journalism) · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved July 2026