Pennsylvania’s surveillance technology, as reported

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Date	Source	Story	Location
Aug 10	The Pennsylvania Independent	Violent crime falls in Scranton under Mayor Cognetti↗ The Pennsylvania Independent Fixed cameras & RTCC+, Expansion	City of Scranton, PA us/pa/lackawanna/city/scranton
Aug 6	erienewsnow.com	Erie Police Department Seeks to Renew ShotSpotter Technology↗ erienewsnow.com Gunshot detection+, Expansion	City of Erie, PA us/pa/erie/city/erie
Aug 5	Yahoo	EPD receives funding for ShotSpotter following city council renewal approval↗ Yahooalso carried by 1 other outlet New contract Gunshot detection+, Expansion	City of Erie, PA us/pa/erie/city/erie
Aug 1	Observer-Reporter	Flock rolling out camera system in Washington ‘soon’↗ Observer-Reporter ALPR+, Expansion	City of Washington, PA us/pa/washington/city/washington
Jul 30	Tri-State Alert	Should there be more privacy with the license plate readers?↗ Tri-State Alert ALPR	Franklin County, PA us/pa/franklin
Jul 29	Tri-State Alert	The Flock fight at the Franklin County Commissioners meeting got interesting↗ Tri-State Alert ALPR	Franklin County, PA us/pa/franklin
Jul 27	WPXI	11 Investigates Exclusive: Costly drone destroyed during Operation Steel Reaper↗ WPXI Drones / UAS	City of Pittsburgh, PA us/pa/allegheny/city/pittsburgh
Jul 20	Wilkes-Barre Citizens' Voice ($)	Northwest Area introduces policies on employee conduct, school bus cameras↗ Wilkes-Barre Citizens' Voice ($) Schools & transit+, Expansion	Northwest Area School District, PA us/pa/luzerne/scd/northwest
Jul 17	Scranton Times-Tribune ($)	Scranton council advances $1M to fund purchase of annex next to City Hall↗ Scranton Times-Tribune ($) New contract Fixed cameras & RTCC+, Expansion	City of Scranton, PA us/pa/lackawanna/city/scranton
Jul 17	The Auto Wire	Tracking the Flock: A Running Record of Reported License Plate Camera Misuse↗ The Auto Wirealso carried by 1 other outlet ALPR−, Reduction	Westmoreland County, PA us/pa/westmoreland City of Costa Mesa, CA us/ca/orange/city/costa-mesa Sedgwick County, KS us/ks/sedgwick
Jul 15	The Morning Call ($)	Morning Call files lawsuit seeking Allentown data from Flock license plate readers↗ The Morning Call ($) ALPR	Lehigh County, PA us/pa/lehigh
Jun 18, 2026	Wilkes-Barre Citizens' Voice ($)	A city’s push for facial recognition on public buses ignites debate over security and privacy↗ Wilkes-Barre Citizens' Voice ($) Fixed cameras & RTCCFace recognition	City of Wilkes-Barre, PA us/pa/luzerne/city/wilkes-barre
May 26, 2026	Pennsylvania Capital-Star	Pa. Supreme Court rules in case centered on controversial gunshot surveillance system↗ Pennsylvania Capital-Star Gunshot detection	Pennsylvania us/pa
May 14, 2026	6abc Philadelphia	Bensalem police deploy drone-first program to speed emergency response↗ 6abc Philadelphia Drones / UAS+, Expansion	Bucks County, PA us/pa/bucks
Apr 13, 2026	Inquirer.com ($)	Philadelphia police expand drone use, but with little oversight from above↗ Inquirer.com ($) More coverage: Inquirer.com Drones / UAS+, Expansion	City of Philadelphia, PA us/pa/philadelphia/city/philadelphia
Nov 26, 2023	Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ($)	Tracking crime in real time: Inside Pittsburgh's citywide surveillance network↗ Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ($) Fixed cameras & RTCC	City of Pittsburgh, PA us/pa/allegheny/city/pittsburgh
Nov 30, 2018	WTAE	Pittsburgh's Shot Spotter expanded to 18 square miles, Real Time Crime Center planned for 2019↗ WTAE Fixed cameras & RTCC+, Expansion	City of Pittsburgh, PA us/pa/allegheny/city/pittsburgh

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