City of Cranston

Providence County · Rhode Island

3 Deployments on record
1 Agencies
3 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · 1 Fixed cameras & RTCC · none on record 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 · none on record Predictive policing · none on record Social-media monitoring · none on record

The record, by agency

Cranston Police Department

Cranston · 3 deployments · on UnGovr: City of Cranston

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

As of April 2024, the Cranston Police Department operates 27 Flock Safety automated license plate readers. The agency stores ALPR data for 30 days.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Flock SafetyThe News & ObserverThe News & Observer

Body-worn & dashcam

The Cranston Police Department received a federal grant for body-worn cameras in 2021 and a state grant for BWCs in 2022.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Senator Jack ReedProvidence Business NewsProvidence Business News

Drones / UAS Vendor: Flock

The Cranston Police Department has at least three drones as of 2023.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Cranston HeraldCranston Police Department

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