County record · Ohio

Ross County

4 Deployments on record

2 Agencies

3 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 · 2 Doorbell & camera registry · 1 Cell-site simulators · none on record Predictive policing · none on record Social-media monitoring · none on record

The record, by agency

Chillicothe Police Department

Chillicothe · 3 deployments · on UnGovr: City of Chillicothe

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Chillicothe Police Department operates 11 Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department

Body-worn & dashcam Vendor: Axon, VieVu

In 2017, the Chillicothe Police Department purchased Axon body-worn cameras at a cost of $250,000 over four years. The agency had previously used VieVu cameras. The Chillicothe Police Department received an additional $28,832 grant for body-worn cameras from the Ohio Department of Public Safety in December 2022.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Chillicothe Gazette Ohio Department of Public Safety governor.ohio.gov

Doorbell & camera registry

The Chillicothe Police Department maintains a voluntary registry of private and personal surveillance cameras.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): City of Chillicothe

Ross County Sheriff's Office

Chillicothe · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Ross County

Body-worn & dashcam

The Ross County Sheriff's Office received a $80,950 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 Safety Governor 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