{"title":"Detroit Surveillance Registry","source":"The Spirit of Detroit — https://thespiritofdetroit.org/inventory","compiled_from":"City of Detroit CIOGS surveillance-technology specification filings","license":"Free to use with attribution.","count":20,"systems":[{"system":"Project Green Light / Real-Time Crime Center","category":"Cameras & video","department":"Police","vendor":"Motorola Solutions","since":"2016–","cost":"","status":"Active","source":"https://detroitmi.gov/departments/police-department/project-green-light-detroit","note":"850+ camera locations livestreaming to police."},{"system":"Freeway cameras & plate readers","category":"Cameras & video","department":"Police","vendor":"","since":"Jan 2023","cost":"","status":"Active","source":"https://www.bridgedetroit.com/detroit-police-license-plate-cameras/","note":""},{"system":"“Dumping” cameras","category":"Cameras & video","department":"Police","vendor":"Genetec","since":"Oct 2024","cost":"","status":"Active","source":"https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/city-of-detroit-uses-hidden-cameras-to-catch-illegal-dumpers","note":"Hidden cameras at illegal-dumping sites, integrated into the police camera hub."},{"system":"Street-view cameras","category":"Cameras & video","department":"Innovation & Technology","vendor":"MosaicX","since":"Mar 2025","cost":"","status":"Active","source":"https://detroitmi.gov/departments/office-chief-financial-officer/ocfo-divisions/office-contracting-and-procurement/city-ciogs-spec-reports-and-documents","note":""},{"system":"Bus camera system","category":"Cameras & video","department":"Transportation (DDOT)","vendor":"","since":"Oct 2025","cost":"","status":"Active","source":"https://www.bridgedetroit.com/ddot-wants-more-surveillance-on-city-buses/","note":"Up to six cameras per bus, interior and exterior; the agency has floated expanding it."},{"system":"Park lighting & cameras","category":"Cameras & video","department":"General Services","vendor":"","since":"Dec 2025","cost":"","status":"Active","source":"https://detroitmi.gov/departments/office-chief-financial-officer/ocfo-divisions/office-contracting-and-procurement/city-ciogs-spec-reports-and-documents","note":""},{"system":"Surveillance van","category":"Cameras & video","department":"Police","vendor":"Burke","since":"Feb 2024","cost":"","status":"Active","source":"https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2025/01/28/what-to-know-about-detroits-new-expanded-police-camera-network/","note":"An undercover van fitted with camera technology, fed into the Real-Time Crime Center."},{"system":"Recreation facility security","category":"Cameras & video","department":"Recreation","vendor":"","since":"Sep 2023","cost":"","status":"Active","source":"https://detroitmi.gov/departments/office-chief-financial-officer/ocfo-divisions/office-contracting-and-procurement/city-ciogs-spec-reports-and-documents","note":""},{"system":"Skydio Unmanned Aerial System (X2E)","category":"Drones & aerial","department":"Police","vendor":"Skydio","since":"Jun 2024","cost":"","status":"Active","source":"https://www.bridgedetroit.com/detroit-police-drag-race-enforcement-drones/","note":"Obtained via the Fire Dept's grant; 30-day retention, no immigration use."},{"system":"Drones","category":"Drones & aerial","department":"Media Services","vendor":"","since":"Dec 2024","cost":"","status":"Active","source":"https://detroitmi.gov/departments/office-chief-financial-officer/ocfo-divisions/office-contracting-and-procurement/city-ciogs-spec-reports-and-documents","note":""},{"system":"Tethered drone","category":"Drones & aerial","department":"Fire","vendor":"","since":"Apr 2025","cost":"","status":"Active","source":"https://detroitmi.gov/departments/office-chief-financial-officer/ocfo-divisions/office-contracting-and-procurement/city-ciogs-spec-reports-and-documents","note":""},{"system":"UAV technology","category":"Drones & aerial","department":"Fire","vendor":"","since":"Mar 2025","cost":"","status":"Active","source":"https://detroitmi.gov/departments/office-chief-financial-officer/ocfo-divisions/office-contracting-and-procurement/city-ciogs-spec-reports-and-documents","note":""},{"system":"Drones","category":"Drones & aerial","department":"General Services","vendor":"","since":"—","cost":"","status":"Undated filing","source":"https://detroitmi.gov/departments/office-chief-financial-officer/ocfo-divisions/office-contracting-and-procurement/city-ciogs-spec-reports-and-documents","note":""},{"system":"License-plate readers (freeways)","category":"License plates & vehicles","department":"Police","vendor":"Flock Safety","since":"2024","cost":"$6.25M","status":"Active","source":"https://www.deadlinedetroit.com/articles/33019/city_of_detroit_will_pay_35_000_for_license_reader_mistake_that_resulted_in_mom_toddler_being_detained","note":"$6.25M contract through June 2029; 262 of Detroit's ~566 readers."},{"system":"License-plate readers (intersections)","category":"License plates & vehicles","department":"Police","vendor":"Motorola Solutions","since":"Sep 2023","cost":"$5M","status":"Active","source":"https://bridgemi.com/michigan-government/michigan-license-plate-cameras-face-backlash-big-help-or-big-brother/","note":"$5M expansion, approved 7–2."},{"system":"Traffic-safety data analytics (MODES)","category":"License plates & vehicles","department":"Office of Mobility","vendor":"","since":"Jun 2024","cost":"","status":"Active","source":"https://detroitmi.gov/departments/office-chief-financial-officer/ocfo-divisions/office-contracting-and-procurement/city-ciogs-spec-reports-and-documents","note":""},{"system":"ShotSpotter / SoundThinking","category":"Audio — gunshot detection","department":"Police","vendor":"SoundThinking","since":"2020–","cost":"$7M","status":"Expiring","source":"https://www.bridgedetroit.com/appeals-court-rules-detroit-shotspotter-contracts-violated-oversight-law/","note":"$7M; contract expires June 30, 2026. A court found the 2022 approval violated CIOGS."},{"system":"DataWorks Plus facial recognition","category":"Facial recognition","department":"Police","vendor":"DataWorks Plus","since":"2017–","cost":"","status":"Litigated","source":"https://www.aclu.org/cases/williams-v-city-of-detroit-face-recognition-false-arrest","note":"Linked to three wrongful arrests; limited by a 2024 settlement."},{"system":"Mobile cellular investigation","category":"Other surveillance & data","department":"Police","vendor":"","since":"Oct 2025","cost":"","status":"Active","source":"https://truthout.org/articles/detroit-police-spent-over-half-a-million-on-cellphone-tracking-technology/","note":"Detroit police have spent ~$622K on cell-site simulator (“Stingray”) cellphone-tracking technology."},{"system":"Digital radiography","category":"Other surveillance & data","department":"Police","vendor":"NOVO","since":"Jul 2024","cost":"","status":"Active","source":"https://detroitmi.gov/departments/office-chief-financial-officer/ocfo-divisions/office-contracting-and-procurement/city-ciogs-spec-reports-and-documents","note":""}]}