Lancaster County

County record. Includes every city and agency within Lancaster County.

30 Deployments on record
26 Agencies
4 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · 3 Fixed cameras & RTCC · none on record Face recognition · none on record Drones / UAS · 2 Gunshot detection · none on record Body-worn & dashcam · 11 Doorbell & camera registry · 14 Cell-site simulators · none on record Predictive policing · none on record Social-media monitoring · none on record
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

Millersville Univesity Police Department

MIllersville · 1 deployment · last documented Jan 2024

Body-worn & dashcam

The Millersville Univesity Police Department received a Small, Rural, and Tribal Body-Worn Camera Program grant for $22,490 for 17 body-worn cameras in 2023.

Lancaster City Police Department

Lancaster · 1 deployment · last documented Sep 2023 · on UnGovr: City of Lancaster

ALPR

The Lancaster Police Department received a grant for license plate readers in 2023.

Northwest Regional Police Department

Elizabethtown · 1 deployment · last documented May 2023

Body-worn & dashcam Vendor: WatchGuard

The Northwest Regional Police Department currently uses Motorola WatchGuard body-worn cameras.

Lancaster Police Department

Lancaster · 2 deployments · last documented Feb 2023 · on UnGovr: City of Lancaster

Body-worn & dashcam Vendor: Axon

The Lancaster Police Department has been using body-worn cameras since 2018.

Doorbell & camera registry

The Lancaster Township Police Department maintains a voluntary registry of private and personal surveillance cameras.

Manheim Township Police Department

Lancaster · 2 deployments · last documented Dec 2022 · on UnGovr: Manheim Township

Body-worn & dashcam Vendor: Axon

The Manheim Township Police Department has been using body-worn cameras since at least 2022.

Doorbell & camera registry Vendor: CRIMEWATCH

The Manheim Township Police Departmentoperates a camera registry via CRIMEWATCH.

Ephrata Borough Police Department

Ephrata · 1 deployment · last documented Aug 2022 · on UnGovr: Ephrata borough

Body-worn & dashcam

The Ephrata Police Department has been using body cameras since 2020, which has cost at least $64,000. The agency received a $32,053 grant in 2021 to purchase body-worn cameras.

Manor Township Police Department

Manor Township · 1 deployment · last documented Aug 2022 · on UnGovr: Manor Township

Body-worn & dashcam

The Manor Township Police Department has been using body-worn cameras since at least 2022.

Columbia Borough Police Department

Columbia · 1 deployment · last documented Dec 2021 · on UnGovr: Columbia borough

Body-worn & dashcam

The Columbia Borough Police Department received $39,892 from the Bureau of Justice Assistance to purchase 23 body-worn cameras through the 2022 Small, Rural, Tribal BWC Microgrant program.

East Lampeter Township Police Department

East Lampeter Township · 2 deployments · last documented Nov 2021 · on UnGovr: East Lampeter Township

Body-worn & dashcam Vendor: WatchGuard

The East Lampeter Township Police Department began using WatchGuard body-worn cameras in 2021.

Doorbell & camera registry Vendor: CRIMEWATCH

The East Lampeter Township Police Department operates a camera registry via CRIMEWATCH.

Lancaster County Sheriff's Office

Lancaster · 1 deployment · last documented Mar 2021 · on UnGovr: Lancaster County

Body-worn & dashcam

The Lancaster County Sheriff's Office received a $27,480 grant in 2021 to purchase body-worn cameras.

Clarks Summit Police Department

Clarks Summit · 1 deployment · last documented Mar 2021 · on UnGovr: Borough of Clarks Summit

Body-worn & dashcam

The Clarks Summit Police Department received a $6,522 grant in 2021 to purchase body-worn cameras.

East Cocalico Township Police Department

Denver · 2 deployments · last documented Jan 2021 · on UnGovr: East Cocalico Township

Body-worn & dashcam

The East Cocalico Township Police Department introduced body-worn cameras in 2021.

ALPR Vendor: Rekor

The East Cocalico Township Police Department purchased three automated license plate readers from Rekor Systems in February 2020.

Ephrata Police Department

Ephrata · 1 deployment · last documented Jan 2020 · on UnGovr: Borough of Ephrata

Drones / UAS

The Ephrata Police Department operates one drone as of 2017, according to data compiled by the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College.

West Hempfield Township Police Department

West Hempfield Township · 1 deployment · last documented Jan 2020 · on UnGovr: West Hempfield Township

Drones / UAS Vendor: Yuneec

The West Hempfield Township Police Department operates two Yuneec drones as of 2018, according to data compiled by the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College.

New Holland Borough Police

New Holland Borough · 1 deployment · last documented Jun 2018 · on UnGovr: New Holland borough

ALPR

New Holland Borough Police Department acquired automated license plate readers in 2018.

Pequea Township Police Department

Lancaster · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Pequea Township

Doorbell & camera registry Vendor: CRIMEWATCH

The Pequea Township Police Departmentoperates a camera registry via CRIMEWATCH.

Christiana Borough Police Department

Christiana · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Christiana borough

Doorbell & camera registry Vendor: CRIMEWATCH

The Christiana Borough Police Department operates a camera registry via CRIMEWATCH.

East Hempfield Township Police Department

Landisville · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: East Hempfield Township

Doorbell & camera registry Vendor: CRIMEWATCH

The East Hempfield Township Police Department operates a camera registry via CRIMEWATCH.

Elizabethtown Borough Police Department

Elizabethtown · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Elizabethtown borough

Doorbell & camera registry Vendor: CRIMEWATCH

The Elizabethtown Borough Police Department operates a camera registry via CRIMEWATCH.

Millersville Borough Police Department

Millersville · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Millersville borough

Doorbell & camera registry Vendor: CRIMEWATCH

The Millersville Borough Police Department operates a camera registry via CRIMEWATCH.

Mount Joy Borough Police Department

Mount Joy · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Mount Joy borough

Doorbell & camera registry Vendor: CRIMEWATCH

The Mount Joy Borough Police Departmentoperates a camera registry via CRIMEWATCH.

New Holland Police Department

New Holland · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Borough of New Holland

Doorbell & camera registry Vendor: CRIMEWATCH

The New Holland Police Departmentoperates a camera registry via CRIMEWATCH.

North Lancaster County Regional Police Department

Stevens · 1 deployment

Doorbell & camera registry Vendor: CRIMEWATCH

The North Lancaster County Regional Police Department operates a camera registry via CRIMEWATCH.

Quarryville Borough Police Department

Quarryville · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Quarryville borough

Doorbell & camera registry Vendor: CRIMEWATCH

The Quarryville Borough Police Departmentoperates a camera registry via CRIMEWATCH.

Susquehanna Regional Police Department

Marietta · 1 deployment

Doorbell & camera registry Vendor: CRIMEWATCH

The Susquehanna Regional Police Departmentoperates a camera registry via CRIMEWATCH.

West Lampter Police Department

Lampeter · 1 deployment

Doorbell & camera registry Vendor: CRIMEWATCH

The West Lampter Police Departmentoperates a camera registry via CRIMEWATCH.

Source: EFF Atlas of Surveillance (Electronic Frontier Foundation & University of Nevada, Reno — Reynolds School of Journalism) · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved July 2026