Town of Johnston

Providence County · Rhode Island

2 Deployments on record
2 Agencies
2 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · 1 Fixed cameras & RTCC · none on record Face recognition · none on record Drones / UAS · none on record 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

Johnson Police Department

Johnson · 1 deployment

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Johnson Police uses Flock Safety technology.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Flock Safety Transparency Portal

Johnston Police Department

Johnston · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Town of Johnston

Body-worn & dashcam

In October 2022, the state awarded $16 million to 42 local and state police departments to equip 1,773 officers with body-worn cameras, including $402,500 to the Johnston Police Department for 46 cameras.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Rhode Island Attorney General's OfficeRhode Island Attorney General's Office

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