County record · South Carolina

Fairfield 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

Fairfield County Sheriff's Office

Winnsboro · 2 deployments · on UnGovr: Fairfield County

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Fairfield County Sheriff's Office operates eight Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department

Body-worn & dashcam

The Fairfield County Sheriff's Office received a total of $53058.18 in state funding for body-worn cameras in fiscal years 2018-2023.

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

Ridgeway Police Department

Ridgeway · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Town of Ridgeway

Body-worn & dashcam

The Ridgeway Police Department purchased body-worn cameras in 2016 with a $10,600 grant through the South Carolina Department of Public Safety.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Berkeley Observer

Winnsboro Department of Public Safety

Winnsboro · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Town of Winnsboro

Body-worn & dashcam

The Winnsboro Department of Public Safety purchased body-worn cameras in 2016 with a $20,288 grant through the South Carolina Department of Public Safety.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Berkeley Observer

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