Mahoning County
County record. Includes every city and agency within Mahoning County.
Technology presence
What these categories mean
- ALPR
- Automated license plate readers (ALPR): camera systems that automatically capture, read, and log vehicle license plates with location and time, producing a searchable record of vehicle movements.
- Fixed cameras & RTCC
- Agency-operated fixed video cameras and the real-time crime centers (RTCC) that aggregate live and recorded feeds for monitoring. Extends the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Atlas, which enumerates real-time crime centers and camera registries but not standalone fixed-camera estates.
- Face recognition
- Software that matches faces in images or video against a reference database to identify or verify individuals.
- Drones / UAS
- Uncrewed aerial systems (UAS), commonly called drones, operated by an agency for overhead observation, imaging, or sensing.
- Gunshot detection
- Networks of acoustic sensors that detect and locate suspected gunfire and alert an agency.
- Body-worn & dashcam
- Officer body-worn and in-vehicle dashboard cameras that record encounters; public access to the footage is frequently restricted.
- Doorbell & camera registry
- Programs that give an agency access to privately owned camera footage: doorbell-camera partnerships, citizen camera registries, and private-camera integration platforms.
- Cell-site simulators
- Devices that mimic cell towers to locate or identify nearby mobile phones. They are often called Stingrays, or IMSI catchers after the international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) number that identifies each phone on a network. Adjacent: communications surveillance outside the visual/sensor core.
- Predictive policing
- Software that forecasts where crime may occur or who may be involved, to direct policing. Adjacent: analytics rather than a sensing deployment.
- Social-media monitoring
- Tools that collect and analyze public social-media activity for an agency. Adjacent: open-source/communications monitoring outside the visual/sensor core.
The record, by agency
Mahoning County Sheriff's Office
In January 2022, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine awarded $30,559.20 to the Mahoning County Sheriff's Office for expenses associated with launching or maintaining body-worn camera programs.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Office of the GovernorOffice of the Governor
The Mahoning County Sheriff's Office operates one Yuneec Typhoon H drone as of 2017, 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 Collegewytv.com
Youngstown Police Department
The Youngstown Police Department operates 57 Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department
The Youngstown Police Department announced plans in January 2022 to use $1.2 million in American Rescue Plan funds to purchase 100 body-worn cameras and 150 Taser weapons from Axon.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Vindicator
The Youngstown Police Department has seven drones as of 2024.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): WKBN 27
The Youngstown Police Department received a $530,000 federal grant to purchase ShotSpotter gunshot detection technology in 2010.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Police OneYoungstown Police Department
Austintown Police Department
The U.S. Department of Justice awarded $30,000 to the Austintown Police Department in 2019 as part of the Bureau of Justice Assistance's body-worn camera grant program.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): U.S Department of Justice
The Austintown Police Department operates one DJI Matrice 210 drone as of 2018, 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.wkbn.com
Canfield Police Department
The Canfield Police Department installed 14 Flock Safety automated license plate readers in early 2023.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Vindicator
The Canfield Police Department received a $51,043 grant for body-worn cameras from the Ohio Department of Public Safety in 2022.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Ohio Department of Public SafetyOhio Governor's Office
Poland Township Police Department
The Poland Township Police Department installed Flock Safety automated license plate readers near schools in 2023.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): WKBN 27
The Poland Township Police Department received more than $47,000 in grant funds for the Ohio's Governor's Office for body-worn cameras in 2023.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Ohio Governor's OfficeWTVG
Boardman Police Department
The Boardman Police Department operates 11 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
Boardman Township Police Department
The Boardman Township Police Department spent $200,000 on Motorola Watchguard body-worn cameras in 2022.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): 21 WFMJ
Campbell Police Department
The Campbell Police Department received a Small, Rural, and Tribal Body-Worn Camera Program grant for $8,112 for 14 body-worn cameras in 2023.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Justice & Security StrategiesJustice & Security Strategies
Coitsville Township Police Department
The Coitsville Township Police Department received more than $5,000 in grant funds for the Ohio's Governor's Office for body-worn cameras in 2023.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Ohio Governor's OfficeWTVG
Milton Township Police Department
The Milton Township Police Department received a $17,115 grant for body-worn cameras from the Ohio Department of Public Safety in 2022.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Ohio Department of Public SafetyOhio Governor's Office
New Middletown Police Department
In January 2022, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine awarded $2,928.00 to the New Middletown Police Department for expenses associated with launching or maintaining body-worn camera programs.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Office of the GovernorOffice of the Governor
Sebring Police Department
The Sebring Police Department received $38,620 from the Ohio Department of Public Safety to purchase body-worn cameras in 2026.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Ohio State GovernorOhio State Governor
Struthers Police Department
In January 2022, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine awarded $13,250.00 to the Struthers Police Department for expenses associated with launching or maintaining body-worn camera programs.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Office of the GovernorOffice of the Governor
Youngstown State University Police Department
The Youngstown State University Police Department received a $41,548 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 SafetyGovernor 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