Spartanburg County
County record. Includes every city and agency within Spartanburg 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
Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office
The Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office operates two Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department
The Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office purchased body-worn cameras in 2016 with a $45,000 grant through the South Carolina Department of Public Safety.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Berkeley Observer
Spartanburg Police Department
The Spartanburg Police Department utilizes the Fusus real-time crime center system.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): South Carolina Department of Public SafetyFususCity of Spartanburg
The Spartanburg Public Safety 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 CourierSpartanburg Public Safety Department
The Spartanburg Police Department purchased body-worn cameras in 2016 with a $12,000 grant through the South Carolina Department of Public Safety.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Berkeley ObserverU.S Department of Justice
Seventh Circuit Solicitor's Office
The Seventh Circuit Solicitor's Office received a total of $84577.21 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
Inman Police Department
The Inman Police Department received $3540 in state funding for body-worn cameras in fiscal year 2019.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): South Carolina Department of Public SafetySouth Carolina Department of Public SafetySouth Carolina Department of Public Safety
Wellford Police Department
The Wellford Police Department received a total of $26927.51 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
Chesnee Police Department
The Chesnee 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 Chesnee Police Department purchased body-worn cameras in 2016 with a $1,730 grant through the South Carolina Department of Public Safety.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Berkeley Observer
Spartanburg Methodist College Department of Campus Safety
The Spartanburg Methodist College Department of Campus Safety purchased body-worn cameras in 2016 with a $1,998 grant through the South Carolina Department of Public Safety.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Berkeley Observer
University of South Carolina Upstate Department of Public Safety
The University of South Carolina Upstate Department of Public Safety purchased body-worn cameras in 2016 with a $12,177 grant through the South Carolina Department of Public Safety.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Berkeley Observer
Cowpens Police Department
The Cowpens Police Department purchased body-worn cameras in 2016 with a $6,238 grant through the South Carolina Department of Public Safety.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Berkeley Observer
Greenville-Spartanburg Airport Police Department
The Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport Police Department purchased body-worn cameras in 2016 with a $10,800 grant through the South Carolina Department of Public Safety.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Berkeley Observer
Lyman Police Department
The Lyman Police Department purchased body-worn cameras in 2016 with a $3,636 grant through the South Carolina Department of Public Safety.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Berkeley Observer
Pacolet Police Department
The Pacolet Police Department purchased body-worn cameras in 2016 with a $4,459 grant through the South Carolina Department of Public Safety.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Berkeley Observer
Woodruff Police Department
The Woodruff Police Department purchased body-worn cameras in 2016 with a $4,765 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