Waukesha County
County record. Includes every city and agency within Waukesha 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
Muskego Police Department
The Muskego Police Department operates seven Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department
All officers in the Muskego Police Department wear body-worn cameras, according to a 2020 Wisconsin Department of Justice survey.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Wisconsin Department of Justice
The Muskego Police Department operates one 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 Collegesireapps.cityofmuskego.org
Elm Grove Police Department
The Elm Grove Police Department operates six Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department
Lannon Police Department
The Lannon Police Department received a Small, Rural, and Tribal Body-Worn Camera Program grant for $5,496 for 3 body-worn cameras in 2023.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Justice & Security StrategiesJustice & Security Strategies
Oconomowok Police Department
The Oconomowok Police Department maintains a camera registry via Flock Safety.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Oconomowoc City WebsiteOconomowoc City WebsiteOconomowoc Police Department
Waukesha Police Department
The Waukesha Police Department has installed 28 Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of August 2023, with plans to install three more.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Fox 6Milwaukee Journal SentinelWaukesha
The Waukesha Police Department operates one DJI Phantom drone 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
Brookfield Police Department
The Brookfield Police Department revealed plans to install six Flock Safety automated license plate readers in 2023.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Fox 6
All officers in the Brookfield Police Department wear body-worn cameras, according to a 2020 Wisconsin Department of Justice survey.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Wisconsin Department of Justice
Menomonee Falls Police Department
The Menomonee Falls Police Department has installed 15 Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of August 2023.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Fox 6
The Menomonee Falls Police Department has a voluntary camera registry program.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Menomonee Falls
New Berlin Police Department
The New Berlin Police Department began using Flock Safety automated license plate readers in March 2023.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): New BerlinFox 6
The New Berlin Common Council approved a contract with Axon Enterprises for 50 police body-worn cameras for an estimated total of $217,000 in December 2021.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Patch
Big Bend Police Department
All officers in the Big Bend Police Department wear body-worn cameras, according to a 2020 Wisconsin Department of Justice survey.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Wisconsin Department of Justice
Butler Police Department
All officers in the Butler Police Department wear body-worn cameras, according to a 2020 Wisconsin Department of Justice survey.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Wisconsin Department of Justice
Eagle Police Department
Some officers in the Eagle Police Department wear body-worn cameras, according to a 2020 Wisconsin Department of Justice survey.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Wisconsin Department of Justice
Mukwonago Police Department
Some officers in the Mukwonago Police Department wear body-worn cameras, according to a 2020 Wisconsin Department of Justice survey.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Wisconsin Department of Justice
Oconomowoc Police Department
Some officers in the Oconomowoc Police Department wear body-worn cameras, according to a 2020 Wisconsin Department of Justice survey.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Wisconsin Department of Justice
Pewaukee Police Department
All officers in the Pewaukee Police Department wear body-worn cameras, according to a 2020 Wisconsin Department of Justice survey.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Wisconsin Department of Justice
Source: EFF Atlas of Surveillance (Electronic Frontier Foundation & University of Nevada, Reno — Reynolds School of Journalism) · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved July 2026