County record · Colorado

Montezuma County

4 Deployments on record

2 Agencies

3 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · 1 Fixed cameras & RTCC · none on record Face recognition · none on record Drones / UAS · 1 Gunshot detection · none on record Body-worn & dashcam · 2 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

Montezuma County Sheriff's Office

Cortez · 3 deployments · on UnGovr: Montezuma County

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Montezuma County Sheriff's Office uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Flock Safety

Body-worn & dashcam

The Montezuma County Sheriff's Office received a $25,695 grant in 2021 from the Colorado Department of Public Safety Division of Criminal Justice for its body-worn camera program.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Colorado Department of Public Safety Division of Criminal Justic KDVR

Drones / UAS

The Montezuma County Sheriff's Office operates one drone as of 2018, 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 College www.faa.gov montezumacounty.org

Cortez Police Department

Cortez · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of Cortez

Body-worn & dashcam

The Cortez Police Department received a $25,695 grant in 2021 from the Colorado Department of Public Safety Division of Criminal Justice for its body-worn camera program.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Colorado Department of Public Safety Division of Criminal Justic KDVR

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