Oklahoma County
County record. Includes every city and agency within Oklahoma 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
Oklahoma City Police Department
The Oklahoma City Police Department received city council approval to spend $37,000 through July 2026 for Clearview AI’s facial comparison analysis.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): KGOU
The Okahoma City Police Department uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Flock Safety
The Oklahoma City Police Department operates a Drone as First Responder (DFR) program.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): SkydioSkydioCenter for the Study of the Drone at Bard College
Oklahoma City Police Department uses the Fusus camera registry system.
The Oklahoma City Police Department operates a real-time crime center.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The OklahomanOklahoma City Police Department youtube channel
The U.S. Department of Justice awarded $270,000 to the Oklahoma City Police Department in 2016 as part of the Bureau of Justice Assistance's body-worn camera grant program.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): U.S Department of Justice
Choctaw Nation Lighthorse Police Department
The Choctaw Nation Lighthorse Tribal Police Department has used drones to surveil public events such as the Labor Day Festival.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Federal Aviation Administration
The Choctaw Nation Tribal Police Department uses Motorola Solutions body-worn cameras. The agency received federal Justice Assistance Grant money to purchase six Axon body-worn cameras in 2015.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma's Facebook pageOklahoma District Attorneys Council
Midwest City Police Department
The Midwest City Police Department uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Flock Safety
The Midwest City Police Department maintains a voluntary registry of private and personal surveillance cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Midwest City
Del City Police Department
As of April 2024, the Del City Police Department operates 10 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
Edmond Police Department
As of April 2024, the Edmond Police Department operates 10 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
Harrah Police Department
The Harrah Police Department uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): NonDoc
Warr Acres Police Department
The Warr Acres Police Department uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): NonDoc
Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office
Oklahoma County Sheriff's Department acquired body-worn cameras from Axon in 2021.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Oklahoman
Oklahoma 7th District Attorney's Office
The District Attorneys Council has installed Rekor Systems automated license plate readers across the state as part of its Uninsured Vehicle Enforcement Program.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): OneZeroOklahoma District Attorneys CouncilOklahoma District Attorneys Council
The Village Police Department
The Village Police Department received a $8,000 grant in 2014 to purchase 20 body-worn cameras. The agency received an additional $10,000 grant for body-worn cameras in 2019.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Oklahoma District Attorneys CouncilThe Village's City CouncilOklahoma District Attorneys Council
Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
The Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs acquired cell-site simulator technology in 2009, according data compiled by Kevin Collier for Vocativ.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): VocativKevin Collieroklahomawatch.org
Spencer Police Department
The Spencer Police Department received federal Justice Assistance Grant money to purchase eight VIevu body-worn cameras in 2014.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Oklahoma District Attorneys Council
Source: EFF Atlas of Surveillance (Electronic Frontier Foundation & University of Nevada, Reno — Reynolds School of Journalism) · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved July 2026