Sussex County
County record. Includes every city and agency within Sussex 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
Sussex County Prosecutor’s Office
The Sussex 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
Sussex County Sheriff’s Office
The Sussex 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
Andover Township Police Department
The Andover 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
The Andover Township Police Department received $30,570 in 2021 from the New Jersey Attorney General's Office to purchase 15 body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): WRNJNew Jersey Office of the Attorney General
Hamburg Police Department
The Hamburg 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 Hamburg 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
Newton Police Department
The Newton 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 Newton 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
Ogdensburg Police Department
The Ogdensburg 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 Ogdensburg Police Department received $14,266 in 2021 from the New Jersey Attorney General's Office to purchase 7 body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): WRNJNew Jersey Office of the Attorney General
Sparta Police Department
The Sparta Police Department received a $68,800 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 OfficeNew Jersey State Police
The Sparta Police Department received $81,520 in 2021 from the New Jersey Attorney General's Office to purchase 40 body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): WRNJNew Jersey Office of the Attorney General
Stanhope Police Department
The Stanhope 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 Stanhope Police Department received $18,342 in 2021 from the New Jersey Attorney General's Office to purchase 9 body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): WRNJNew Jersey Office of the Attorney General
Vernon Township Police Department
The Vernon 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
The Vernon Township Police Department received $61,140 in 2021 from the New Jersey Attorney General's Office to purchase 30 body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): WRNJNew Jersey Office of the Attorney General
Franklin Boro Police Department
The Franklin Boro 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
Hopatcong Police Department
The Hopatcong 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
Sussex County Prosecutor's Office
The Sussex County Prosecutor's Office received $46,874 in 2021 from the New Jersey Attorney General's Office to purchase 23 body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): WRNJNew Jersey Office of the Attorney General
Byram Police Department
The Byram Police Department received $32,608 in 2021 from the New Jersey Attorney Genreral's office to purchase 16 body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): WRNJNew Jersey Office of the Attorney General
Hardyston Township Police Department
The Hardyston Township Police Department received $50,950 in 2021 from the New Jersey Attorney General's Office to purchase 25 body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): WRNJNew Jersey Office of the Attorney General
Hopatcong Borough Police Department
The Hopatcong Borough Police Department received $30,570 in 2021 from the New Jersey Attorney General's Office to purchase 15 body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): WRNJNew Jersey Office of the Attorney General
Sussex County Sheriff's Office
The Sussex County Sheriff’s Office has 14 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
Source: EFF Atlas of Surveillance (Electronic Frontier Foundation & University of Nevada, Reno — Reynolds School of Journalism) · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved July 2026