Horry County
County record. Includes every city and agency within Horry County.
Technology presence
What these categories mean
- ALPR
- Automated license plate readers (ALPR): camera systems that automatically capture, read, and log vehicle license plates with location and time, producing a searchable record of vehicle movements.
- Fixed cameras & RTCC
- Agency-operated fixed video cameras and the real-time crime centers (RTCC) that aggregate live and recorded feeds for monitoring. Extends the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Atlas, which enumerates real-time crime centers and camera registries but not standalone fixed-camera estates.
- Face recognition
- Software that matches faces in images or video against a reference database to identify or verify individuals.
- Drones / UAS
- Uncrewed aerial systems (UAS), commonly called drones, operated by an agency for overhead observation, imaging, or sensing.
- Gunshot detection
- Networks of acoustic sensors that detect and locate suspected gunfire and alert an agency.
- Body-worn & dashcam
- Officer body-worn and in-vehicle dashboard cameras that record encounters; public access to the footage is frequently restricted.
- Doorbell & camera registry
- Programs that give an agency access to privately owned camera footage: doorbell-camera partnerships, citizen camera registries, and private-camera integration platforms.
- Cell-site simulators
- Devices that mimic cell towers to locate or identify nearby mobile phones. They are often called Stingrays, or IMSI catchers after the international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) number that identifies each phone on a network. Adjacent: communications surveillance outside the visual/sensor core.
- Predictive policing
- Software that forecasts where crime may occur or who may be involved, to direct policing. Adjacent: analytics rather than a sensing deployment.
- Social-media monitoring
- Tools that collect and analyze public social-media activity for an agency. Adjacent: open-source/communications monitoring outside the visual/sensor core.
The record, by agency
Conway Police Department
The Conway Police Department operates 54 Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department
The Conway Police Department purchased body-worn cameras in 2016 with a $4,500 grant through the South Carolina Department of Public Safety.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Berkeley Observer
Loris Police Department
The Loris Police Department operates four Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department
The Loris Police Department purchased body-worn cameras in 2016 with a $7,800 grant through the South Carolina Department of Public Safety.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Berkeley Observer
North Myrtle Beach Police Department
The North Myrtle Beach Police Department operates 18 Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department
The North Myrtle Beach Police Department received $52178.17 in state funding for body-worn cameras in fiscal year 2018.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): South Carolina Department of Public SafetySouth Carolina Department of Public SafetySouth Carolina Department of Public Safety
Surfside Beach Police Department
As of April 2024, the Surfside Beach Police Department operates nine 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
The Surfside Beach Police Department received a total of $85946.19 in state funding for body-worn cameras in fiscal years 2018-2023.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): South Carolina Department of Public SafetySouth Carolina Department of Public SafetySouth Carolina Department of Public Safety
Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Solicitor's Office
The Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Solicitor's Office received a total of $248579 in state funding for body-worn cameras in fiscal years 2016-2023.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): South Carolina Department of Public SafetySouth Carolina Department of Public SafetySouth Carolina Department of Public Safety
Atlantic Beach Police Department
The Atlantic Beach Police Department received $17498 in state funding for body-worn cameras in fiscal year 2020.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): South Carolina Department of Public SafetySouth Carolina Department of Public SafetySouth Carolina Department of Public Safety
Briarcliffe Acres Police Department
The Briarcliffe Acres Police Department received a total of $11586.89 in state funding for body-worn cameras in fiscal years 2018-2020.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): South Carolina Department of Public SafetySouth Carolina Department of Public SafetySouth Carolina Department of Public Safety
Horry County Police Department
The Horry County Police Department operates one DJI Phantom drone as of 2017, according to data compiled by the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard Collegewbtw.com
The Horry County Police Department uses automated license plate readers as part of a statewide program managed by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Post and Courier
The Horry County Police Department purchased body-worn cameras in 2016 with a $54,300 grant through the South Carolina Department of Public Safety.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Berkeley Observer
Myrtle Beach Police Department
The Myrtle Beach Police Department operates two DJI drones as of 2015, according to data compiled by the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard Collegeregistry.faa.gov
The Myrtle Beach Police Department had 37 automated license plate readers as of 2019.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Post and Courier
The Myrtle Beach Police Department purchased body-worn cameras in 2016 with a $58,200 grant through the South Carolina Department of Public Safety.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Berkeley Observer
Horry County Sheriff's Office
The Horry County Sheriff’s Office purchased body-worn cameras in 2016 with a $153,600 grant through the South Carolina Department of Public Safety.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Berkeley Observer
Aynor Police Department
The Aynor Police Department purchased body-worn cameras in 2016 with a $7,414 grant through the South Carolina Department of Public Safety.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Berkeley Observer
Coastal Carolina University Police Department
The Coastal Carolina University purchased body-worn cameras in 2016 with a $24,000 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