Medina County
County record. Includes every city and agency within Medina 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
Lodi Police Department
The Lodi Police Department received $9,147 from the Ohio Department of Public Safety to purchase body-worn cameras in 2026.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Ohio State GovernorOhio State Governor
Seville Police Department
The Seville Police Department received $35,542 from the Ohio Department of Public Safety to purchase body-worn cameras in 2026.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Ohio State GovernorOhio State Governor
Medina County Sheriff's Office
The Medina County Sheriff's Office operates 18 Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department
The Medina County Sheriff’s Office received more than $30,000 in grant funds for the Ohio's Governor's Office for body-worn cameras in 2023. In January 2022, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine awarded $18,000.00 to the Medina County Sheriff's Office for expenses associated with launching or maintaining body-worn camera programs. The agency received an additional $16,490 grant for body-worn cameras from the Ohio Department of Public Safety in December 2022.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Office of the GovernorOffice of the GovernorOhio Department of Public Safety
The Medina County Sheriff's Office Office operates one drone as of 2013, 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.toledoblade.com
Medina Township Police Department
The Medina Township Police Department operates five Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department
In January 2022, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine awarded $33,896.00 to the Medina Township 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
Brunswick Police Department
The Brunswick Police Department operates 10 Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department
The U.S. Department of Justice awarded $50,000 to the Brunswick 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
Wadsworth Police Department
As of April 2024, the Wadsworth Police Department operates 12 Flock Safety automated license plate readers. The agency stores ALPR data for 30 days.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Flock SafetyThe News & ObserverThe News & Observer
In January 2022, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine awarded $28,268.21 to the the Wadsworth 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
Montville Township Police Department
The Montville Township Police Department received more than $23,000 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
Medina Police Department
The Medina Police Department started using Flock Safety automed license plate readers in 2021.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Chronicle-Telegram
The Medina Police Department launched a drone program with four drones in 2021.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Cleveland.comMedina Police DepartmentThe Medina Gazette
Brunswick Hills Police Department
In January 2022, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine awarded $33,420.00 to the Brunswick Hills 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
Medina City Police Department
The Medina Police Department received $44,671 from the Bureau of Justice Assistance to purchase 42 body-worn cameras through the 2022 Small, Rural, Tribal BWC Microgrant program. In January 2022, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine awarded $75,000.00 to the agency for expenses associated with launching or maintaining body-worn camera programs.The Medina Police Department received an additional $11,990 grant for body-worn cameras from the Ohio Department of Public Safety in December 2022.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Office of the GovernorOffice of the GovernorSmall, Rural, and Tribal Body-Worn Camera microgrant grantee list
Source: EFF Atlas of Surveillance (Electronic Frontier Foundation & University of Nevada, Reno — Reynolds School of Journalism) · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved July 2026