City of Framingham

Middlesex County · Massachusetts

7 Deployments on record
2 Agencies
5 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · 1 Fixed cameras & RTCC · none on record Face recognition · none on record Drones / UAS · 2 Gunshot detection · none on record Body-worn & dashcam · 2 Doorbell & camera registry · 1 Cell-site simulators · 1 Predictive policing · none on record Social-media monitoring · none on record

The record, by agency

Framingham Police Department

Framingham · 4 deployments · on UnGovr: City of Framingham

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Framingham Police Department uses Flock Safety automated license plate reades.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Flock Safety

Body-worn & dashcam

The Framingham Police Department received a $17,987 grant from the state of Massachusetts for body-worn cameras in 2024. The agency also received a $211,300 grant in 2023.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Commonwealth of Massachusetts WebsiteMassachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Securitysource

Doorbell & camera registry

The Framingham Police Department's SafeCam program is a voluntary registry of private and personal surveillance cameras.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): City of Framingham

Drones / UAS

The Framingham Police Department in Massachusetts received a $122,725 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Kevin and Avonte program to acquire drones.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Patch

Massachusetts State Police

Framingham · 3 deployments

Body-worn & dashcam Vendor: Motorola

The Massachusetts State Police has been using body-worn cameras since 2021.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Boston 25 NewsMass LiveWWLP

Cell-site simulators Vendor: Jacobs Technology

The Massachusetts State Police purchased a cell-site simulator in 2024.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Shoestring

Drones / UAS Vendor: Aeryon Labs, DJI

The Massachusetts State Police Department operates five drones as of 2016, 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 Collegesource

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