County record · Ohio

Putnam County

3 Deployments on record

2 Agencies

2 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · none on record Fixed cameras & RTCC · none on record Face recognition · none on record Drones / UAS · 1 Gunshot detection · none on record Body-worn & dashcam · 2 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

Putnam County Sheriff's Office

Ottawa · 2 deployments · on UnGovr: Putnam County

Body-worn & dashcam

The Putnam County Sheriff's Office received a $77,636 grant for body-worn cameras from the Ohio Department of Public Safety in 2022.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Ohio Department of Public Safety Ohio Governor's Office

Drones / UAS Vendor: DJI

The Putnam County Sheriff's Office operates one DJI Inspire 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 College continentalenews.com

Ottawa Police Department

Ottawa · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Village of Ottawa

Body-worn & dashcam

The Ottawa Police Department received more than $59,000 in grant funds for the Ohio's Governor's Office for body-worn cameras in 2023.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Ohio Governor's Office WTVG

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