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Mercer County

5 Deployments on record
3 Agencies
3 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · 1 Fixed cameras & RTCC · none on record Face recognition · none on record Drones / UAS · 1 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

Mercer County Sheriff's Office

Celina · 3 deployments · on UnGovr: Mercer County

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Mercer County Sheriff's Office operates 10 Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.

Body-worn & dashcam

The Mercer County Sheriff’s Office received more than $50,000 in grant funds for the Ohio's Governor's Office for body-worn cameras in 2023. In January 2022, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine awarded $43,832.46 to the agency for expenses associated with launching or maintaining body-worn camera programs.

Drones / UAS Vendor: Yuneec

The Mercer County Sheriff's Office operates one Yuneec Typhoon 4K drone as of 2016, according to data compiled by the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College.

Coldwater Police Department

Coldwater · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Village of Coldwater

Body-worn & dashcam

The Coldwater Police Department received a $22,600 grant to purchase body-worn cameras in 2025 from the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services.

Fort Recovery Police Department

Fort Recovery · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Village of Fort Recovery

Body-worn & dashcam Vendor: Wolfcom

The Fort Recovery Police Department uses Wolfcom body-worn cameras, according to a testimonial on the company's website.

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