County record · South Carolina

Chester County

4 Deployments on record

3 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 · 3 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

Chester County Sheriff's Office

Chester · 2 deployments · on UnGovr: Chester County

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

As of April 2024, the Chester County Sheriff's Office operates 25 Flock Safety automated license plate readers. The agency stores ALPR data for 30 days.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Flock Safety The News & Observer The News & Observer

Body-worn & dashcam

The Chester County Sheriff’s Office purchased body-worn cameras in 2016 with a $93,871 grant through the South Carolina Department of Public Safety.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Berkeley Observer

Chester Police Department

Chester · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of Chester

Body-worn & dashcam

The Chester Police Department purchased body-worn cameras in 2016 with a $26,000 grant through the South Carolina Department of Public Safety.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Berkeley Observer

Fort Lawn Police Department

Fort Lawn · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Town of Fort Lawn

Body-worn & dashcam

The Fort Lawn Police Department received a total of $10487.6 in state funding for body-worn cameras in fiscal years 2018-2020.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): South Carolina Department of Public Safety South Carolina Department of Public Safety South Carolina Department of Public Safety

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