Lexington County
County record. Includes every city and agency within Lexington 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
Irmo Police Department
The Irmo Police Department operates six Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department
The Irmo Police Department purchased body-worn cameras in 2016 with a $30,574 grant through the South Carolina Department of Public Safety.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Berkeley Observer
Lexington Police Department
As of April 2024, the Lexington Police Department operates four 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 Lexington Police Department purchased body-worn cameras in 2016 with a $32,607 grant through the South Carolina Department of Public Safety.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Berkeley Observer
Eleventh Circuit Solicitor's Office
The Eleventh Circuit Solicitor's Office received $51072.61 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
Cayce Police Department
The Cayce Police Department received a total of $58555.85 in state funding for body-worn cameras in fiscal years 2018-2022.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): South Carolina Department of Public SafetySouth Carolina Department of Public SafetySouth Carolina Department of Public Safety
South Congaree Police Department
The South Congaree Police Department received a total of $43280 in state funding for body-worn cameras in fiscal years 2018-2019.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): South Carolina Department of Public SafetySouth Carolina Department of Public SafetySouth Carolina Department of Public Safety
Swansea Police Department
The Swansea Police Department received $3600 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
Lexington County Sheriff's Department
The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department purchased body-worn cameras in 2016 with a $67,500 grant through the South Carolina Department of Public Safety.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Berkeley Observer
West Columbia Police Department
The West Columbia Police Department purchased body-worn cameras in 2016 with a $34,395 grant through the South Carolina Department of Public Safety.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Berkeley Observer
The West Columbia Police Department uses SounThinking's ShotSpotter investigative platform.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): ShotSpotter
Batesburg-Leesville Police Department
The Batesburg-Leesville Police Department purchased body-worn cameras in 2016 with a $13,463 grant through the South Carolina Department of Public Safety.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Berkeley Observer
Chapin Police Department
The Chapin Police Department purchased body-worn cameras in 2016 with a $6,700 grant through the South Carolina Department of Public Safety.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Berkeley Observer
Gaston Police Department
The Gaston Police Department purchased body-worn cameras in 2016 with a $3,000 grant through the South Carolina Department of Public Safety.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Berkeley Observer
Midlands Technical College Police Department
The Midlands Technical College Campus Police purchased body-worn cameras in 2016 with a $13,950 grant through the South Carolina Department of Public Safety.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Berkeley Observer
Pelion Police Department
The Pelion Police Department purchased body-worn cameras in 2016 with a $15,689 grant through the South Carolina Department of Public Safety.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Berkeley Observer
Pine Ridge Police Department
The Pine Ridge Police Department purchased body-worn cameras in 2016 with a $9,500 grant through the South Carolina Department of Public Safety.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Berkeley Observer
Springdale Police Department
The Springdale Police Department purchased body-worn cameras in 2016 with a $8,900 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