Essex County
County record. Includes every city and agency within Essex 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
Essex County Prosecutor’s Office
The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office has an automated license plate reader program, according to an audit released in July 2025 by the New Jersey State Police.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): New Jersey State Police
Essex County Sheriff’s Office
The Essex County Sheriff’s Office has an automated license plate reader program, according to an audit released in July 2025 by the New Jersey State Police.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): New Jersey State Police
Caldwell Police Department
The Caldwell Police Department has an automated license plate reader program, according to an audit released in July 2025 by the New Jersey State Police.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): New Jersey State Police
The Caldwell Police Department has 10 body-worn cameras, according to a 2020 survey from New Jersey Attorney General's Office.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): New Jersey Attorney General's OfficeNew Jersey Attorney GeneralNew Jersey Attorney General
The Caldwell 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 Collegepatch.comwww.tapinto.net
East Orange Police Department
The East Orange Police Department has an automated license plate reader program, according to an audit released in July 2025 by the New Jersey State Police.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): New Jersey State Police
The East Orange Police Department has 124 body-worn cameras, according to a 2020 survey from New Jersey Attorney General's Office.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): New Jersey Attorney General's OfficeNew Jersey Attorney GeneralNew Jersey Attorney General
The East Orange Police Department has been using ShotSpotter gunshot detection technology since at least 2007.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Plainfield TodayNJ101.5
Fairfield Police Department
The Fairfield Police Department has an automated license plate reader program, according to an audit released in July 2025 by the New Jersey State Police.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): New Jersey State Police
The Fairfield Police Department received $122,280 in 2021 from the New Jersey Attorney General's Office to purchase 60 body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): WRNJNew Jersey Office of the Attorney General
The Fairfield 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.newjerseyhills.comwww.faa.gov
Glen Ridge Police Department
The Glen Ridge Police Department has an automated license plate reader program, according to an audit released in July 2025 by the New Jersey State Police.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): New Jersey State Police
The Glen Ridge Police Department has 23 body-worn cameras, according to a 2020 survey from New Jersey Attorney General's Office.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): New Jersey Attorney General's OfficeNew Jersey Attorney GeneralNew Jersey Attorney General
The Glen Ridge Police Department has a voluntary camera registry program.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Glen Ridge Borough
Montclair Police Department
The Montclair Police Department has an automated license plate reader program, according to an audit released in July 2025 by the New Jersey State Police.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): New Jersey State Police
The Montclair Police Department received $236,408 in 2021 from the New Jersey Attorney General's Office to purchase 116 body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): WRNJNew Jersey Office of the Attorney General
The Montclair Police Department to purchased a Vintra FulrumAI video analytics system in 2019.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): City of Montclair
North Caldwell Police Department
The North Caldwell Police Department has an automated license plate reader program, according to an audit released in July 2025 by the New Jersey State Police.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): New Jersey State Police
The North Caldwell Police Department received $32,608 in 2021 from the New Jersey Attorney General's Office to purchase 16 body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): WRNJNew Jersey Office of the Attorney General
The North Caldwell Police Department maintains a voluntary registry of private and personal surveillance cameras through Motorola Solutions' CityProtect platform.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): CityProtect
Belleville Police Department
The Belleville Police Department has an automated license plate reader program, according to an audit released in July 2025 by the New Jersey State Police.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): New Jersey State Police
The Belleville Police Department received $224,180 in 2021 from the New Jersey Attorney General's Office to purchase 110 body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): WRNJNew Jersey Office of the Attorney General
Cedar Grove Police Department
The Cedar Grove Police Department has an automated license plate reader program, according to an audit released in July 2025 by the New Jersey State Police.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): New Jersey State Police
The Cedar Grove Police Department has 31 body-worn cameras, according to a 2020 survey from New Jersey Attorney General's Office.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): New Jersey Attorney General's OfficeNew Jersey Attorney GeneralNew Jersey Attorney General
Essex Fells Police Department
The Essex Fells Police Department has an automated license plate reader program, according to an audit released in July 2025 by the New Jersey State Police.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): New Jersey State Police
The Essex Fells Police Department received $26,494 in 2021 from the New Jersey Attorney General's Office to purchase 13 body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): WRNJNew Jersey Office of the Attorney General
Irvington Police Department
The Irvington Police Department has an automated license plate reader program, according to an audit released in July 2025 by the New Jersey State Police.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): New Jersey State Police
The Irvington Police Department received $101,900 in 2021 from the New Jersey Attorney General's Office to purchase 50 body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): WRNJNew Jersey Office of the Attorney General
Maplewood Police Department
The Maplewood Police Department has an automated license plate reader program, according to an audit released in July 2025 by the New Jersey State Police.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): New Jersey State Police
The Maplewood Police Department has 100 body-worn cameras, according to a 2020 survey from New Jersey Attorney General's Office.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): New Jersey Attorney General's OfficeNew Jersey Attorney GeneralNew Jersey Attorney General
Millburn Police Department
The Millburn Police Department has an automated license plate reader program, according to an audit released in July 2025 by the New Jersey State Police.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): New Jersey State Police
The Millburn Police Department received $120,242 in 2021 from the New Jersey Attorney General's Office to purchase 59 body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): WRNJNew Jersey Office of the Attorney General
Orange Police Department
The Orange Police Department has an automated license plate reader program, according to an audit released in July 2025 by the New Jersey State Police.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): New Jersey State Police
The Orange Police Department received $315,890 in 2021 from the New Jersey Attorney General's Office to purchase 155 body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): WRNJNew Jersey Office of the Attorney General
Roseland Police Department
The Roseland Police Department has an automated license plate reader program, according to an audit released in July 2025 by the New Jersey State Police.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): New Jersey State Police
The Roseland Police Department received $42,798 in 2021 from the New Jersey Attorney General's Office to purchase 21 body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): WRNJNew Jersey Office of the Attorney General
Verona Police Department
The Verona Police Department has an automated license plate reader program, according to an audit released in July 2025 by the New Jersey State Police.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): New Jersey State Police
The Verona Police Department has 30 body-worn cameras, according to a 2020 survey from New Jersey Attorney General's Office.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): New Jersey Attorney General's OfficeNew Jersey Attorney GeneralNew Jersey Attorney General
West Caldwell Police Department
The West Caldwell Police Department has an automated license plate reader program, according to an audit released in July 2025 by the New Jersey State Police.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): New Jersey State Police
The West Caldwell Police Department received $55,026 in 2021 from the New Jersey Attorney General's Office to purchase 27 body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): WRNJNew Jersey Office of the Attorney General
Montclair State University Police Department
The Montclair State University Police Department has an automated license plate reader program, according to an audit released in July 2025 by the New Jersey State Police.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): New Jersey State Police
Newark Police Department
The Newark Police Department received a $595,000 grant from the New Jersey Attorney General's Office in 2023 for automated license plate readers.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): New Jersey Attorney General's Office
The Newark 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
The Newark Police Department functions as the headquarters for the CorrStat Real-Time Crime Center, which has been operational since 2013. The RTCC shares information between the New Jersey Regional Operations Intelligence Center, the Newark Police Department, and other law enforcement agencies in the area. The RTCC has access to ShotSpotter gunshot detection software, automated license plate readers data, and other surveillance technologies.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Police Chief MagazineGCNNixle
Nutley Police Department
The Nutley Police Department received a $91,666 grant from the New Jersey Attorney General's Office in 2023 for automated license plate readers.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): New Jersey Attorney General's Office
The Nutley Police Department received $173,230 in 2021 from the New Jersey Attorney General's Office to purchase 85 body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): WRNJNew Jersey Office of the Attorney General
The Nutley Police Department maintains a voluntary registry of private and personal surveillance cameras through Motorola Solutions' CityProtect platform.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): CityProtect
Bloomfield Police Department
The Bloomfield Police Department received a $226,065 grant from the New Jersey Attorney General's Office in 2023 for automated license plate readers.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): New Jersey Attorney General's Office
The Bloomfield Police Department has 116 body-worn cameras, according to a 2020 survey from New Jersey Attorney General's Office.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): New Jersey Attorney General's OfficeNew Jersey Attorney GeneralNew Jersey Attorney General
West Orange Police Department
The West Orange Police Department received a $63,513 grant from the New Jersey Attorney General's Office in 2023 for automated license plate readers.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): New Jersey Attorney General's Office
The West Orange Police Department has 62 body-worn cameras, according to a 2020 survey from New Jersey Attorney General's Office.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): New Jersey Attorney General's OfficeNew Jersey Attorney GeneralNew Jersey Attorney General
Livingston Police Department
The Livingston Police Department installed Vigilant Solutions automated license palte readers in 2022.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Tap into Livingston
The Livingston Police Department received $152,850 in 2021 from the New Jersey Attorney General's Office to purchase 75 body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): WRNJNew Jersey Office of the Attorney General
Essex County Prosecutor's Office Police Department
The Essex County Prosecutor's Office Police Department received $101,900 in 2021 from the New Jersey Attorney General's Office to purchase 50 body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): WRNJNew Jersey Office of the Attorney General
South Orange Police Department
The South Orange Police Department received $95,786 in 2021 from the New Jersey Attorney General's Office to purchase 47 body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): WRNJNew Jersey Office of the Attorney General
The South Orange Police Department announced in May 2021 that it would install 50-70 new cameras equipped with face recognition.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Setonian
The South Orange Police Department uses automated license plate readers.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Alex TorpeyEssex News Daily
New Jersey Transit Police
The New Jersey Transit Police received $758,136 in 2021 from the New Jersey Attorney General's Office to purchase 372 body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): WRNJNew Jersey Office of the Attorney General
Newark Department of Public Safety
The Newark Department of Public Safety received $1,019,000 in 2021 from the New Jersey Attorney General's Office to purchase 500 body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): WRNJNew Jersey Office of the Attorney General
Rutgers University Police Department - Newark Campus
The Rutgers University Police Department received $374,992 in 2021 from the New Jersey Attorney General's Office to purchase 184 body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): WRNJNew Jersey Office of the Attorney General
Essex County Sheriff's Office
The Essex County Sheriff’s Office has 80 body-worn cameras, according to a 2020 survey from New Jersey Attorney General's Office.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): New Jersey Attorney General's OfficeNew Jersey Attorney GeneralNew Jersey Attorney General
Essex County College Police Department
The Essex County College Police Department has five body-worn cameras, according to a 2020 survey from New Jersey Attorney General's Office.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): New Jersey Attorney General's Office
Montclair State University Campus Police
The Montclair State University Police Department has 38 body-worn cameras, according to a 2020 survey from New Jersey Attorney General's Office.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): New Jersey Attorney General's OfficeMontclair State University
New Jersey Institute of Technology Police Department
The New Jersey Institute of Technology Police Department has 40 body-worn cameras, according to a 2020 survey from New Jersey Attorney General's Office.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): New Jersey Attorney General's Office
Newark Police Division
The Newark Police Division employs ShopSpotter gunshot detection technology.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): ShotSpotter.comLocal NixieNewark Public Safety Facebook
Source: EFF Atlas of Surveillance (Electronic Frontier Foundation & University of Nevada, Reno — Reynolds School of Journalism) · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved July 2026