County record · Virginia

Essex County

2 Deployments on record

2 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 · 1 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

Essex County Sheriff's Office

Tappahannock · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Essex County

ALPR

The Essex County Sheriff's Office uses automated license plate readers, according to 2024 data.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): MuckRock

Tappahannock Police Department

Tappahannock · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Town of Tappahannock

Body-worn & dashcam

The Tappahannock Police Department uses body-worn cameras.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): ACLU Tappahannock Police Department

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