Summit County
County record. Includes every city and agency within Summit 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
Fairlawn Police Department
The Fairlawn Police Department received $25,296 from the Ohio Department of Public Safety to purchase body-worn cameras in 2026.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Ohio State GovernorOhio State Governor
The Fairlawn Police Department operates seven Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department
Lakemore Police Department
The Lakemore Police Department received $17,896 from the Ohio Department of Public Safety to purchase body-worn cameras in 2026.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Ohio State GovernorOhio State Governor
Summit County Sheriff's Office
The Summit County Sheriff's Office operates 14 Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department
Twinsburg Police Department
The Twinsburg Police Department operates 12 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 $12,696.00 to the Twinsburg 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
The Twinsburg Police Department operates one 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.faa.gov
Barberton Police Department
The Barberton Police Department operates 17 Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department
The Barberton Police purchased 32 Axon body-worn cameras in 2015.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Axon
Cuyahoga Falls Police Department
The Cuyahoga Falls Police Department operates 26 Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department
Boston Heights Police Department
The Boston Heights Police Department uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Flock Safety
The Boston Heights Police Department received a $26,593 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
Norton Police Department
The Norton Police Department has 10 Flock Safety automated license plate readers and other cameras as of July 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Flock Safety
The Norton Police Department received a $59,232 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
Macedonia Police Department
The Macedonia Police Department received a $62,000 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
The Mentor Police Department uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Akron Advocate
Akron Police Department
As of April 2024, the Akron Police Department operates 145 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
The Akron Police Department utilizes the Fusus camera registry system.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): City of AkronWKYCAxon
In January 2022, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine awarded $19,450.00 to the Akron Police Department for expenses associated with launching or maintaining body-worn camera programs. However, the agency previously received a federal grant for BWCs in 2015.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Office of the GovernorOffice of the Governor
The Akron Police Department spent $4,000 on a drone in 2021
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): WKYC StudiosAkron City Council
Northfield Village Police Department
The Northfield Village Police Department received more than $17,000 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
Northfield Village deployed automated license plate readers from Flock Safety in 2021.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Akron Beacon Journal
New Franklin Police Department
The New Franklin Police Department received more than $76,000 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
Sagamore Hills Township Police Department
Sagamore Hills Township Police Department received $12,545 to purchase 10 body-worn cameras through the Small, Rural and Tribal Body-Worn Camera program in 2024.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): SRT BWC Program
Bath Township Police Department
In January 2022, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine awarded $6,248.00 to the Bath Township Police Department for expenses associated with launching or maintaining body-worn camera programs. The Bath Township Police Department received an additional $53,070 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
Reminderville Police Department
In January 2022, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine awarded $15,000.00 to the Reminderville Police Department for expenses associated with launching or maintaining body-worn camera programs. The Reminderville Police Department received an additional $13,519 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
Springfield Township Police Department
In January 2022, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine awarded $13,250.00 to the Springfield Township Police Department for expenses associated with launching or maintaining body-worn camera programs. The Springfield Township Police Department received an additional $244,839 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
Stow Police Department
Through a $30,000 federal grant, the Stow Police Department outfitted its entire patrol division with Watchguard body-worn cameras in 2016. In January 2022, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine awarded $53,005.00 to the Stow Police for expenses associated with launching or maintaining body-worn camera programs.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Stow Police Department Annual ReportOffice of the GovernorOffice of the Governor
University of Akron Police Department
In January 2022, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine awarded $204,471.35 to the University of Akron 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
Hudson Police Department
The Hudson Police Department began using drones in 2019.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Focus on HudsonCity of Hudson Facebook page
Richfield Police Department
The Richfield Police Department uses automated license plate readers.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Richfield Police Department
Source: EFF Atlas of Surveillance (Electronic Frontier Foundation & University of Nevada, Reno — Reynolds School of Journalism) · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved July 2026