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Ulster County

9 Deployments on record
6 Agencies
4 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · 2 Fixed cameras & RTCC · none on record Face recognition · none on record Drones / UAS · 2 Gunshot detection · none on record Body-worn & dashcam · 4 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

Ulster County Sheriff's Office

Kingston · 3 deployments · on UnGovr: Ulster County

ALPR Vendor: Vigilant Solutions

The Ulster County Sheriff's Office scanned 807,167 license plates in 2019 using Vigilant Solutions automated license plate readers.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): MuckRockUlster County Legislative OfficeSheriff County office

Body-worn & dashcam

In 2018, the New York Attorney General provided $69,776 to the Ulster County Sheriff's Office for 80 body-worn cameras.

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

Drones / UAS Vendor: DJI

The Ulster County Sheriff's Office operates one DJI Inspire drone as of 2015, 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.dailyfreeman.com

Kingston Police Department

Kingston · 2 deployments

ALPR

The Kingston Police Department has multiple license plate readers with the most recent funding to buy another approved in 2022.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Daily Freeman Newspaper

Body-worn & dashcam Vendor: Axon

The Kingston Police Department uses Axon body-worn cameras. The agency began its pilot program for body-worn cameras in 2016. Additionally, the agency received $115,000 to purchase 16 body-worn cameras and related equipment on April 2018.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): FacebookSpectrum NewsDaily Freeman

Ellenville Village Police Department

Ellenville Village · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Village of Ellenville

Body-worn & dashcam

The Ellenville Village Police Department received a Small, Rural, and Tribal Body-Worn Camera Program grant for $40,000.00 for 20 body-worn cameras in 2023.

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

Rosendale Town Police Department

Rosendale · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Town of Rosendale

Body-worn & dashcam

The Rosendale Town Police Department received $2,835 from the Bureau of Justice Assistance to purchase 6 body-worn cameras through the 2022 Small, Rural, Tribal BWC Microgrant program. Previously, the U.S. Department of Justice awarded $8,000 to the Rosendale Police Department in 2019 as part of the Bureau of Justice Assistance's body-worn camera grant program.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Small, Rural, and Tribal Body-Worn Camera microgrant grantee listU.S Department of Justice

Saugerties Police Department

Saugerties · 1 deployment

Doorbell & camera registry Vendor: CRIMEWATCH

The Saugerties Police Department operates a camera registry via CRIMEWATCH.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): CRIMEWATCH

Shawangunk Police Department

Wallkill · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Town of Shawangunk

Drones / UAS Vendor: DJI

The Shawangunk 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

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