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Onondaga County

12 Deployments on record
9 Agencies
6 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · 3 Fixed cameras & RTCC · 1 Face recognition · none on record Drones / UAS · 1 Gunshot detection · 1 Body-worn & dashcam · 5 Doorbell & camera registry · 1 Cell-site simulators · none on record Predictive policing · none on record Social-media monitoring · none on record

The record, by agency

Manlius Police Department

Manlius · 2 deployments

Body-worn & dashcam Vendor: Axon

The Manlius Police Department purchased 12 Axon body-worn Cameras in 2014.

Drones / UAS Vendor: Autel, DJI

The Manlius Police Department has three drones, according to a 2022 report from the New York Civil Liberties Union.

Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office

Syracuse · 2 deployments · on UnGovr: Onondaga County

ALPR

Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office has been using automated license plate readers since 2014.

Body-worn & dashcam

The Onondaga County Sheriff's Department received approval from the Onondaga County Legislature for a $606 thousand proposal to acquire body-worn cameras in 2021.

Syracuse Police Department

Syracuse · 2 deployments · on UnGovr: City of Syracuse

Body-worn & dashcam

The Syracuse Police Department has received multiple grants from federal and state agencies for body-worn cameras.

Gunshot detection Vendor: ShotSpotter

The Syracuse Police Department began using ShotSpotter gunshot detection technology in 2017.

Central New York Crime Analysis Center

Syracuse · 1 deployment

Fixed cameras & RTCC

The Central New York Crime Analysis Center (previously known as the Onondaga 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. Launched in 2008, the CAC received an upgrade in 2020. According to a press release, the CAC occupies 4,216 square feet of space on the second floor of the Syracuse Police Department and features a 16-foot wide by 4½-foot high video wall that displays "multiple sources of data and information in real time, including calls for service and feeds from public surveillance cameras, among other technology." It serves law enforcement agencies in Onondaga, Madison and Oswego counties.

Cicero Police Department

Cicero · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Town of Cicero

Doorbell & camera registry

The Cicero Police Department launched a camera registry in 2019.

East Syracuse Police Department

East Syracuse · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Village of East Syracuse

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

They East Syracuse Police Department acquired two Flock Safety automated license plate readers in 2023.

North Syracuse Village Police Department

North Syracuse Village · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Village of North Syracuse

Body-worn & dashcam

The North Syracuse Village Police Department received a Small, Rural and Tribal Body-Worn Camera Program grant for $4,800 for 8 body-worn cameras in 2023.

Onondaga Community College - Department Of Campus Safety And Security

Syracuse · 1 deployment

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Onondaga Community College - Department Of Campus Safety And Security operates six Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.

Syracuse University Police Department

Syracuse · 1 deployment

Body-worn & dashcam

The U.S. Department of Justice awarded $88,965 to the Syracuse University Police Department in 2016 as part of the Bureau of Justice Assistance's body-worn camera grant program.

Source: EFF Atlas of Surveillance (Electronic Frontier Foundation & University of Nevada, Reno — Reynolds School of Journalism) · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved July 2026