Delaware County
County record. Includes every city and agency within Delaware 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
Delaware County Sheriff's Office
Delaware County Sheriff's Office uses the Fusus camera registry system.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): 404 Media
Aldan Borough Police Department
The Aldan Borough Police Department received a Small, Rural, and Tribal Body-Worn Camera Program grant for $7,800 for 8 body-worn cameras in 2023.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Justice & Security StrategiesJustice & Security Strategies
Media Borough Police Department
The Media Borough Police Department received a Small, Rural, and Tribal Body-Worn Camera Program grant for $30,000 for 15 body-worn cameras in 2023.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Justice & Security StrategiesJustice & Security Strategies
Upper Darby Township Police Department
The Upper Darby Township Police Department established a drone program in 2024.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Upper Darby Township Police Department
Upper Darby Police Department
The Upper Darby Police Department currently uses Axis body-worn cameras funded by a 2020 grant.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): WHYYCBS News Philadelphia
Marcus Hook Police Department
The Marcus Hook Police Department purchased 15 Axon body-worn cameras in 2021.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Borough of Marcus HookMarcus Hook Police Department
Radnor Township Police Department
The Radnor Township Police Department began using WatchGuard body-worn cameras in 2019.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): PatchRadnor TownshipRadnor Township Police Department
Delaware County District Attorney's Office
The Delaware County District Attorney's Office has used the Fusus camera registry platform since 2023.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): WHYYwww.muckrock.com
The Delaware County District Attorney's Office has used the Fusus real-time crime center platform since 2023.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): WHYYPennyslvanic Commission on Crime and Delinquencywww.muckrock.com
Marple Township Police Department
The Marple Township Police Department has been using body-worn cameras since at least 2022, receiving a $268,000 grant from the state government for the equipment in the same year.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Marple Township Police Department FacebookMarple Township Police DepartmentPatch
The Marple Township Police Departmentoperates a camera registry via CRIMEWATCH.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): CRIMEWATCH
East Lansdowne Police Department
The East Lansdowne Police Department has been using body-worn cameras since at least 2022.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): East Lansdowne Police Department Facebookeastlansdowne.org
The East Lansdowne Police Department operates a camera registry via CRIMEWATCH.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): CRIMEWATCH
Upper Chichester Township Police Department
The Upper Chichester Township Police Department entered a five-year contract with Axon for body-worn cameras in 2020.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Upper Chichester Township Police DepartmentUpper Chichester Township
The Upper Chichester Township Police Department operates a camera registry via CRIMEWATCH.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): CRIMEWATCH
Chester Police Department
The Chester Police Department started using body-worn cameras in 2016.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Chester City Website
Haverford Township Police Department
The Haverford Township Police Department owned a DJI Phantom 2 drone as of 2016.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Daily TimesMain Line Times & Suburban
The Haverford Township Police Departmentoperates a camera registry via CRIMEWATCH.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): CRIMEWATCH
Collingdale Police Department
The Collingdale Police Department operates a camera registry via CRIMEWATCH.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): CRIMEWATCH
Folcroft Borough Police Department
The Folcroft Borough Police Department operates a camera registry via CRIMEWATCH.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): CRIMEWATCH
Lower Chichester Police Department
The Lower Chichester Police Departmentoperates a camera registry via CRIMEWATCH.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): CRIMEWATCH
Nether Providence Police Department
The Nether Providence Police Departmentoperates a camera registry via CRIMEWATCH.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): CRIMEWATCH
Sharon Hill Police Department
The Sharon Hill Police Departmentoperates a camera registry via CRIMEWATCH.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): CRIMEWATCH
Upland Borough Police Department
The Upland Borough Police Departmentoperates a camera registry via CRIMEWATCH.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): CRIMEWATCH
Yeadon Borough Police Department
The Yeadon Borough Police Departmentoperates a camera registry via CRIMEWATCH.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): CRIMEWATCH
Aston 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 Brookhaven
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 Clifton 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 Colwyn
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 Darby
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 Eddystone
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 Glenolden
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 Lansdowne
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 Millbourne
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 Morton
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 Norwood
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 Parkside
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 Prospect 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 Ridley 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 Swarthmore
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 Trainer
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
Chester 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
Darby 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
Ridley 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