Niagara County

The Lewiston Police Department has eight Flock Safety automated license plate readers.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Government TechnologyNiagara Frontier Publications

Lewiston Police Department launched a 5-year body-worn camera program in 2017.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Lewiston TribuneLewiston City Council AgendaKLEW

The Lewiston Police Department received a state grant to pay for license-plate readers, cameras into patrol cars, a drone, a surveillance tower and other equipment.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Niagara Frontier Publications

The Niagara County Sheriff's Office installing 67 Flock Safety automated license plate readers in 2023.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): WGRZ

The Niagara County Sheriff's Office has three drones, according to a 2022 report from the New York Civil Liberties Union.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): ACLU of New YorkCenter for the Study of the Drone at Bard Collegeregistry.faa.gov

The Lockport City School District spent $1.4 million to install the Aegis face recognition system on 300 cameras, which went live in January 2019.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): NY Times

The Lockport Police department had 64 body-worn cameras as of July 2022.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Yahoo News

The Niagara County Probation Department received a Small, Rural and Tribal Body-Worn Camera Program grant for $3,397 for 20 body-worn cameras in 2023.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Justice & Security StrategiesJustice & Security Strategies

The Niagara Falls Police Department has two dozen Flock automated license plate readers. The purchase cost $12,100 for 24 solar-powered ALPRs and $288,000 for cloud-based software, storage, support and maintenance.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Government Tech

The Niagara Intelligence and Crime Analysis Center is part of a network of 10 real-time crime analysis centers supported by the New York State Division of Criminal Justice. The NICAC was founded in 2016 and is housed at the Niagara Police Department. According to a press release, the NICAC "features a 12-foot by 6½-foot video wall that displays multiple sources of information, including a computer aided dispatch log and video from public surveillance cameras."

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): New York State Division of Criminal Justice ServicesNew York Governor's OfficeThe Buffalo News

The Niagara Police Department has one drone, according to a 2022 report from the New York Civil Liberties Union.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): ACLU of New York

In 2018, the New York Attorney General provided $51,791 to the Niagara Falls Police Department for 64 body-worn cameras and 9 body-worn camera docking stations.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): New York Attorney General's Office