County record · Pennsylvania

Philadelphia County

4 Deployments on record

2 Agencies

4 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · none on record Fixed cameras & RTCC · 1 Face recognition · none on record Drones / UAS · 1 Gunshot detection · none on record Body-worn & dashcam · 1 Doorbell & camera registry · none on record Cell-site simulators · 1 Predictive policing · none on record Social-media monitoring · none on record

The record, by agency

Philadelphia Police Department

Philadelphia · 3 deployments · on UnGovr: City of Philadelphia

Cell-site simulators Vendor: Tactical Support Equipment

The Philadelphia Police Department purchased a cell-site simulator from Tactical Support Equipment in 2020 for $400,532.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Philadelphia Department of Commerce

Drones / UAS

The Philadelphia Police Department SWAT operates one drone as of 2020, 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 College www.faa.gov

Fixed cameras & RTCC

The Philadelphia Police Department's Delaware Valley Intelligence Center includes a real-time crime center with access to more than 1,800 surveillance cameras, automated license plate readers and 14 police databases.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Philadelphia Police Department Technical.ly CBS Philly

Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority Transit Police

Philadelphia · 1 deployment

Body-worn & dashcam

The U.S. Department of Justice awarded $500,000 to the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority Transit Police in 2019 as part of the Bureau of Justice Assistance's body-worn camera grant program.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): U.S Department of Justice

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