County record · West Virginia
Jefferson County
2
Deployments on record
1
Agencies
2
Technology categories
Technology presence
ALPR · none on record
Fixed cameras & RTCC · none on record
Face recognition · none on record
Drones / UAS · 1
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
Ranson Police Department
Body-worn & dashcam
The U.S. Department of Justice awarded $45,000 to the Ranson Police Department in 2015 as part of the Bureau of Justice Assistance's body-worn camera grant program.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): U.S Department of Justicecityofransonwv.netwww.wvpublic.org
Drones / UAS
Vendor: DJI
The Ranson Police Department operates one DJI Matrice 210 drone as of 2019, 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 Collegewww.faa.govwww.localdvm.com
Source: EFF Atlas of Surveillance (Electronic Frontier Foundation & University of Nevada, Reno — Reynolds School of Journalism) · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved July 2026