County record · Mississippi
Forrest County
Technology presence
The record, by agency
Hattiesburg Police Department
The Hattiesburg Police Departmen an automated license plate reader trailer in 2017 using a $40,000 state grant.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): WDAM 7
The Hattiesburg Police Department uses Coreforce (formerly Utility) body-worn cameras. The department was one of 65 law enforcement agencies whose body-worn camera policy was analyzed by the ACLU of Mississippi in 2017.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): ACLU of MississippiAgency's Facebook Page
In 2020, the Hattiesburg Police Department began building a real-time crime center project through Project NOLA's crime camera program. The "cameras transmit video to the Project NOLA Real-Time Crime Information Center at UNO, where video may be live-monitored, stored and re-broadcast to local law enforcement."
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Pine Belt NewsThe Pine Belt News
Forrest County Sheriff's Office
The Forrest County Sheriff's Office received a $500,000 Bureau of Justice Assistance grant to purchase body-worn cameras in 2022.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): US Bureau of Justice Assistance
University of Southern Mississippi's Parking Enforcement
The University of Southern Mississippi's Parking Enforcement department uses automated license plate readers.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): WDAM 7
Source: EFF Atlas of Surveillance (Electronic Frontier Foundation & University of Nevada, Reno — Reynolds School of Journalism) · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved July 2026