County record · Ohio

Defiance County

4 Deployments on record

3 Agencies

2 Technology categories

Technology presence

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

The record, by agency

Defiance County Sheriff's Office

Defiance · 2 deployments · on UnGovr: Defiance County

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Defiance County Sheriff's Office operates two Flock Safety automated license plate readers and other cameras as of June 2025. The agency stores ALPR data for 30 days.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Flock Safety

Body-worn & dashcam

The Defiance County Sheriff's Office received a $46,226 grant to purchase body-worn cameras in 2025 from the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Ohio Department of Public Safety Governor Mike DeWine's X account

Defiance Police Department

Defiance · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of Defiance

Body-worn & dashcam

In January 2022, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine awarded $73,663.00 to the Defiance Police Department for expenses associated with launching or maintaining body-worn camera programs.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Office of the Governor Office of the Governor

Hicksville Police Department

Hicksville · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Village of Hicksville

Body-worn & dashcam

The Hicksville Police Department received a $13,544 grant to purchase body-worn cameras in 2025 from the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Ohio Department of Public Safety Governor Mike DeWine's X account

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