Lancaster County
County record. Includes every city and agency within Lancaster 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
Millersville Univesity Police Department
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.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Justice & Security StrategiesJustice & Security Strategies
Lancaster City Police Department
The Lancaster Police Department received a grant for license plate readers in 2023.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Bureau of Justice Assistance, US Department of Justice
Northwest Regional Police Department
The Northwest Regional Police Department currently uses Motorola WatchGuard body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Northwest Regional Police DepartmentNorthwest Regional Police DepartmentNorthwest Regional Police Department
Lancaster Police Department
The Lancaster Police Department has been using body-worn cameras since 2018.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): LancasteronlineFacebook
The Lancaster Township Police Department maintains a voluntary registry of private and personal surveillance cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Lancaster Police Department
Manheim Township Police Department
The Manheim Township Police Department has been using body-worn cameras since at least 2022.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Manheim Township Police Department Facebook6 ABCManheim Township
The Manheim Township Police Departmentoperates a camera registry via CRIMEWATCH.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): CRIMEWATCH
Ephrata Borough Police Department
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.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Ephrata Police Department FacebookLancaster OnlinePennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency
Manor Township Police Department
The Manor Township Police Department has been using body-worn cameras since at least 2022.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Lancaster OnlineManor Police Department Facebook
Columbia Borough Police Department
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.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Small, Rural, and Tribal Body-Worn Camera microgrant grantee list
East Lampeter Township Police Department
The East Lampeter Township Police Department began using WatchGuard body-worn cameras in 2021.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Crime Watch PA
The East Lampeter Township Police Department operates a camera registry via CRIMEWATCH.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): CRIMEWATCH
Lancaster County Sheriff's Office
The Lancaster County Sheriff's Office received a $27,480 grant in 2021 to purchase body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency
Clarks Summit Police Department
The Clarks Summit Police Department received a $6,522 grant in 2021 to purchase body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency
East Cocalico Township Police Department
The East Cocalico Township Police Department introduced body-worn cameras in 2021.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): WHTM ABC27LancasterOnline
The East Cocalico Township Police Department purchased three automated license plate readers from Rekor Systems in February 2020.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Crime WatchFox 43 NewsFox 43 News
Ephrata Police Department
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.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard Collegelancasteronline.com
West Hempfield Township Police Department
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.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard Collegelancasteronline.com
New Holland Borough Police
New Holland Borough Police Department acquired automated license plate readers in 2018.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): New Holland Borough Council
Pequea Township Police Department
The Pequea Township Police Departmentoperates a camera registry via CRIMEWATCH.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): CRIMEWATCH
Christiana Borough Police Department
The Christiana Borough Police Department operates a camera registry via CRIMEWATCH.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): CRIMEWATCH
East Hempfield Township Police Department
The East Hempfield Township Police Department operates a camera registry via CRIMEWATCH.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): CRIMEWATCH
Elizabethtown Borough Police Department
The Elizabethtown Borough Police Department operates a camera registry via CRIMEWATCH.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): CRIMEWATCH
Millersville Borough Police Department
The Millersville Borough Police Department operates a camera registry via CRIMEWATCH.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): CRIMEWATCH
Mount Joy Borough Police Department
The Mount Joy Borough Police Departmentoperates a camera registry via CRIMEWATCH.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): CRIMEWATCH
New Holland Police Department
The New Holland Police Departmentoperates a camera registry via CRIMEWATCH.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): CRIMEWATCH
North Lancaster County Regional Police Department
The North Lancaster County Regional Police Department operates a camera registry via CRIMEWATCH.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): CRIMEWATCH
Quarryville Borough Police Department
The Quarryville Borough Police Departmentoperates a camera registry via CRIMEWATCH.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): CRIMEWATCH
Susquehanna Regional Police Department
The Susquehanna Regional Police Departmentoperates a camera registry via CRIMEWATCH.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): CRIMEWATCH
West Lampter Police Department
The West Lampter 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