Allegheny County
County record. Includes every city and agency within Allegheny 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
Aspinwall Police Department
The Aspinwall Police Department uses Axon body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Borough of AspinwallBorough of AspinwallBorough of Aspinwall
Castle Shannon Borough Police Department
The Castle Shannon Borough Police Department received $2,000 to purchase 15 body-worn cameras through the Small, Rural and Tribal Body-Worn Camera program in 2024.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): SRT BWC ProgramPittsburgh Post-Gazette
Moon Township Police Department
Moon Township Police Department received $32,000 to purchase 32 body-worn cameras through the Small, Rural and Tribal Body-Worn Camera program in 2024.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): SRT BWC Program
Findlay Township Police Department
The Findlay Township Police Department uses WatchGuard body-worn cameras. The agency received a $23,372 grant in 2021 to purchase body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Findlay Township Police DepartmentFindlay Township Police DepartmentPennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency
Baldwin Borough Police Department
The Baldwin Police Department uses WatchGuard body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Baldwin Police DepartmentBaldwin Police DepartmentPittsburgh Tribune-Review
Ross Township Police Department
The Ross Township Police Department started using Axon body-worn cameras in 2020.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewRoss Township Police Department
The Ross Township Police Department operates three DJI drones 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 Collegesteelcityflightacademy.comwww.faa.gov
Brentwood Borough Police Department
The Brentwood Borough Police Department has been using body-worn cameras since 2022.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Brentwood Borough Police Department
The Brentwood Borough Police Department included Plate Search software in its 2021 operating budget.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Brentwood BoroughBrentwood Borough
Bridgeville Borough Police Department
The Bridgeville Borough Police Department received $12,000 from the Bureau of Justice Assistance to purchase 12 body-worn cameras through the 2022 Small, Rural, Tribal BWC Microgrant program.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Small, Rural, and Tribal Body-Worn Camera microgrant grantee list
South Park Police Department
The South Park Police Department received $30,000 from the Bureau of Justice Assistance to purchase 15 body-worn cameras through the 2022 Small, Rural, Tribal BWC Microgrant program.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Small, Rural, and Tribal Body-Worn Camera microgrant grantee list
Mount Lebanon Police Department
The Mount Lebanon Police Department has at least two drones as of 2021.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Mount Lebanon Police Department
Allegheny County Police Department
The Allegheny County Police Department began using body-worn cameras in 2021.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): CBS News
The Allegheny County Police Department operates two DJI drones as of 2016, 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 Collegeregistry.faa.govregistry.faa.gov
North Huntingdon Township Police Department
The North Huntingdon Township Police Department received a $24,635 grant in 2021 to purchase body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency
Ohio Township Police Department
The Ohio Township Police Department received a $20,000 grant in 2021 to purchase body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency
McKeesport Police Department
The McKeesport Police Department acquired ShotSpotter gunshot detection technology in 2020.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): ShotSpotterMon Valley IndependentThe Almanac
Carnegie Mellon University Police Department
The Carnegie Melon University Police Department purchased 20 WatchGuard body-worn cameras in late 2020.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Carnegie Mellon University
Coraopolis Police Department
The Coraopolis Police Department purchased 10 body-worn cameras in 2020.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Gazette 2.0
Sharpsburg Borough Police Department
The Sharpsburg Police Department purchased 11 body-worn cameras for $25,000 in 2020.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): TribLive
Carnegie Borough Police Department
The Carnegie Police Department began using WatchGuard body-worn cameras in 2020
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Carnegie Police Department Facebook
Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office
The Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office began a product trial of Clearview AI face recognition software in 2020.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Public Source
The Allegheny County District Attorney's office began using automated license plate readers in late 2016, early 2017. As of 2019, the DA had installed more than 400 OpenALPR systems throughout the city.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Slate
Crafton Borough Police Department
The Crafton Borough Police Department has body worn camera recommendations. Police can deny peoples requests for these videos.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Borough of Crafton
Pittsburgh Police Department
The Pittsburgh Police Department launched a real-time crime center in 2020. The RTCC integrates Shotspotter, automated license plate readers, and a camera network.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsburgh Police Department
The Pittsburgh Police Department has used automated license plate readers since at least 2015. ALPR data is fed into the Pittsburgh real-time crime center.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsburgh Police DepartmentPittsburg PoliceCity of Pittsburgh
The Pittsburgh Police Department uses Shotspotter gunshot detection technology. The agency spent $1.2 million on ShotSpotter gunshot detection technology in 2013.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsburgh Police DepartmentWTAE
Crafton Police Department
The Crafton 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 Collegecrafton.org
Northern Regional Police Department
The Northern Regional Police Department operates one DJI Phantom drone as of 2015, 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 Collegetriblive.com
Penn Hills Police Department
The Penn Hills Police Department uses body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): WTAE
Cecil Township Police Department
The Cecil Township Police Department received a donation in 2019 to outfit all of its officers with body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Observer-Reporter
Bellevue Borough Police Department
The Bellevue Borough Police Department received funding from the Alleghany County District Attorney to purchase an automated license plate reader in 2019.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Borough of Bellevue
Mt. Lebanon Police Department
The Mt. Lebanon Police Department implemented a body-worn camera policy in 2018.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Mt. Lebanon Police Department
Baldwin Police Department
The Baldin Police Department has used automated license plate readers since 2011. It purchased another ALPR system in 2018 with asset forfeiture funds
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsburgh Post GazetteBaldwin Borough 2018 Budget
Eastern Regional Mon Valley Police Department
The Eastern Reignonal Mon Valley Police Department operates a camera registry via CRIMEWATCH.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): CRIMEWATCH
Glassport Borough Police Department
The Glassport Borough Police Department operates a camera registry via CRIMEWATCH.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): CRIMEWATCH
Monroeville Police Department
The Monroeville Police Departmentoperates a camera registry via CRIMEWATCH.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): CRIMEWATCH
Baldwin Township
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
Borough of Avalon
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
Borough of Bell Acres
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
Borough of Churchill
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
Borough of Dormont
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
Borough of East McKeesport
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
Borough of Edgewood
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
Borough of Edgeworth
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
Borough of Etna
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
Borough of Forest Hills
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
Borough of Fox Chapel
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
Borough of Franklin Park
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
Borough of Green Tree
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
Borough of Heidelberg
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
Borough of Homestead
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
Borough of Ingram
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
Borough of Jefferson Hills
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
Borough of Leetsdale
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
Borough of Liberty
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
Borough of Lincoln
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
Borough of McKees Rocks
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
Borough of Millvale
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
Borough of Mount Oliver
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
Borough of Munhall
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
Borough of Oakdale
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
Borough of Oakmont
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
Borough of Pitcairn
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
Borough of Pleasant Hills
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
Borough of Plum
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
Borough of Port Vue
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
Borough of Sewickley
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
Borough of Sewickley Heights
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
Borough of Springdale
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
Borough of Tarentum
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
Borough of Turtle Creek
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
Borough of Verona
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
Borough of Versailles
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
Borough of West Homestead
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
Borough of West Mifflin
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
Borough of West View
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
Borough of Whitaker
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
Borough of White Oak
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
Borough of Whitehall
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
Borough of Wilkinsburg
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
City of Clairton
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
City of Duquesne
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
Collier Township
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
Crescent Township
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
Elizabeth Township
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
Fawn Township
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
Frazer Township
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
Hampton Township
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
Harmar Township
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
Harrison Township
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
Indiana Township
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
Kennedy Township
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
Leet Township
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
McCandless Township
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
Municipality of Bethel Park
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
North Fayette Township
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
North Versailles Township
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
O'Hara Township
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
Reserve Township
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
Shaler Township
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
South Fayette Township
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
Stowe Township
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
Upper St. Clair Township
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
West Deer Township
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
Wilkins Township
Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.
Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory
Sources: FBI Crime Data Explorer · EFF Atlas of Surveillance