Hudson County
County record. Includes every city and agency within Hudson 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
Hoboken Police Department
The Hoboken Police Department got approval from the Hoboken City Council to establish a drone program in October 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): City of Hoboken
The Hoboken Police Department will has a mobile command center, which is like a real-time crime center on wheels.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): City of Hoboken
The Hoboken 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 Hoboken Police Department received $317,928 in 2021 from the New Jersey Attorney General's Office to purchase 156 body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): WRNJNew Jersey Office of the Attorney General
Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office
The Hudson 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
Hudson County Sheriff’s Office
The Hudson 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
Bayonne Police Department
The Bayonne 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 Bayonne Police Department has 119 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
East Newark Police Department
The East Newark 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 Newark 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
Guttenberg Police Department
The Guttenberg 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 Guttenberg 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
Harrison Police Department
The Harrison 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 Harrison Police Department received $128,394 in 2021 from the New Jersey Attorney General's Office to purchase 63 body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): WRNJNew Jersey Office of the Attorney General
Jersey City Police Department
The Jersey City 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 Jersey City Police Department received $2,282,560 in 2021 from the New Jersey Attorney General's Office to purchase 1120 body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): WRNJNew Jersey Office of the Attorney General
Kearny Police Department
The Kearny 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 Kearny Police Department received $234,370 in 2021 from the New Jersey Attorney General's Office to purchase 115 body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): WRNJNew Jersey Office of the Attorney General
North Bergen Police Department
The North Bergen 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 Bergen Police Department has 11 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
Secaucus Police Department
The Secaucus 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 Secaucus Police Department received $183,420 in 2021 from the New Jersey Attorney General's Office to purchase 90 body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): WRNJNew Jersey Office of the Attorney General
Weehawken Police Department
The Weehawken 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 Weehawken Police Department received $163,040 in 2021 from the New Jersey Attorney General's Office to purchase 80 body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): WRNJNew Jersey Office of the Attorney General
Harrison Township Police Department
The Harrison Township 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
Union City Police Department
The Union City Police Department received a $222,000 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 Union City Police Department received $476,892 in 2021 from the New Jersey Attorney General's Office to purchase 234 body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): WRNJNew Jersey Office of the Attorney General
West New York Police Department
The West New York Police Department received a $125,380 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 New York Police Department received $295,510 in 2021 from the New Jersey Attorney General's Office to purchase 145 body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): WRNJNew Jersey Office of the Attorney General
Port Authority of New York & New Jersey Department
The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey Police Department received a $2,000,000 US Bureau of Justice Assistance grant in 2022 for its body-worn camera program.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Bureau of Justice Assistance, US Department of Justice
Hudson County Prosecutor's Office
The Hudson County Prosecutor's Office 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
Hudson County Sheriff's Office
The Hudson County Sheriff's Office received $805,010 in 2021 from the New Jersey Attorney General's Office to purchase 395 body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): WRNJNew Jersey Office of the Attorney General
Source: EFF Atlas of Surveillance (Electronic Frontier Foundation & University of Nevada, Reno — Reynolds School of Journalism) · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved July 2026