Bucks County
County record. Includes every city and agency within Bucks 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
Central Bucks Regional Police Department
The Central Bucks Regional Police Department uses WatchGuard Vista and Wolfcom body-worn cameras. The agency had 23 WatchGuard body-worn cameras in rotation as of 2018.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): PatchPatch.comCentral Bucks Regional Police Foundation Facebook
Northampton Township Police Department
The Northampton Township Police Department has 21 body-worn cameras as of 2016. The Northampton Township Police Department also received a Small, Rural and Tribal Body-Worn Camera Program grant for $62,031 for 46 body-worn cameras in 2023.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Northhampton TownshipNorthampton County ReporterJustice & Security Strategies
Solebury Township Police Department
The Solebury Township Police Department received a $16,155 grant in 2021 to purchase body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and DelinquencySRT BWC Program
Falls Township Police Department
The Falls Township Police Department began using over 50 WatchGuard body-worn cameras in 2023.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Levittown Now
The Falls Township Police Department operates a camera registry via CRIMEWATCH.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): CRIMEWATCH
Franconia Township Police Department
The Franconia Township Police Department use body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Franconia TownshipFranconia Township Police Department Facebook
Richland Township Police Department
The Richland Township Police Department started wearing body-worn cameras in 2014.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): WFMZ 69 NewsThe Tribune-Democrat
The Richland Township Police Departmentoperates a camera registry via CRIMEWATCH.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): CRIMEWATCHCRIMEWATCH
Warminster Township Police Department
The Warminster Township Police Department received $25,000 from the Bureau of Justice Assistance to purchase 40 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
West Deer Police Department
The West Deer Police Department received a $18,580 grant in 2021 to purchase body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency
Bedminster Township Police Department
The Bedminster Police Department started using body-worn cameras in 2020.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Bucks County Herald
The Bedminster Township Police Department operates one drone as of 2019, 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.montgomerynews.com
Lower Makefield Township Police Department
The Lower Makefield Township Police Department operates one DJI Phantom drone 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 Collegewww.buckscountycouriertimes.com
The Lower Makefield Police Department has been using body-worn cameras since 2015, outfitting 40 officers with cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): CBS PhiladelphiaWPVI 6 ABC
The Lower Makefield Township Police Departmentoperates a camera registry via CRIMEWATCH.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): CRIMEWATCH
Bensalem Police Department
The Bensalem Police Department began using body-worn cameras in 2019.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Bensalem Police Department
Buck's County Sheriff's Office
The Buck's County Sheriff's Office operates a camera registry via CRIMEWATCH.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): CRIMEWATCH
Buckingham Township Police Department
The Buckingham Township Police Department operates a camera registry via CRIMEWATCH.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): CRIMEWATCH
Dublin Borough Police Department
The Dublin Borough Police Department operates a camera registry via CRIMEWATCH.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): CRIMEWATCH
Hilltown Township Police Department
The Hilltown Township Police Departmentoperates a camera registry via CRIMEWATCH.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): CRIMEWATCH
Lower Southampton Township Police Department
The Lower Southampton Township Police Departmentoperates a camera registry via CRIMEWATCH.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): CRIMEWATCH
Morrisville Borough Police Department
The Morrisville Borough Police Departmentoperates a camera registry via CRIMEWATCH.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): CRIMEWATCH
New Britain Township Police Department
The New Britain Township Police Department operates a camera registry via CRIMEWATCH.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): CRIMEWATCH
Newtown Township Police Department
The Newtown Township Police Departmentoperates a camera registry via CRIMEWATCH.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): CRIMEWATCH
Penndel Borough Police Department
The Penndel Borough Police Departmentoperates a camera registry via CRIMEWATCH.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): CRIMEWATCH
Perkasie Borough Police Department
The Perkasie Borough Police Departmentoperates a camera registry via CRIMEWATCH.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): CRIMEWATCH
Plumstead Township Police Department
The Plumstead Township Police Departmentoperates a camera registry via CRIMEWATCH.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): CRIMEWATCH
Quakertown Borough Police Department
The Quakertown Borough Police Departmentoperates a camera registry via CRIMEWATCH.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): CRIMEWATCH
Springfeild Township Police Department
The Springfeild Township Police Departmentoperates a camera registry via CRIMEWATCH.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): CRIMEWATCH
Warrington Township Police Department
The Warrington Township Police Departmentoperates a camera registry via CRIMEWATCH.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): CRIMEWATCH
Source: EFF Atlas of Surveillance (Electronic Frontier Foundation & University of Nevada, Reno — Reynolds School of Journalism) · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved July 2026