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Knox County

2 Deployments on record
2 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 · 1 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

Knox County Sheriff's Office

Mount Vernon · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Knox County

Body-worn & dashcam

The Knox County Sheriff's Office received $80,000 from the Ohio Department of Public Safety to purchase body-worn cameras in 2026.

Mount Vernon Police Department

Mount Vernon · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of Mount Vernon

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

As of April 2024, the Mount Vernon Police Department operates five Flock Safety automated license plate readers. The agency stores ALPR data for 30 days.

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