City of New Bedford

Bristol County · Massachusetts

3 Deployments on record

1 Agencies

3 Technology categories

Technology presence

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

The record, by agency

New Bedford Police Department

New Bedford · 3 deployments · on UnGovr: City of New Bedford

Body-worn & dashcam

On December 30, 2021 the Massachusetts Governor announced an award of $249,041 to the New Bedford Police Department for its body-worn camera program.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security

Doorbell & camera registry

The New Bedford Police Department maintains a registry of surveillance cameras voluntarily submitted by local residents and businesses.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): New Bedford Police Department

Gunshot detection Vendor: ShotSpotter

The New Bedford Police Department began ShotSpotter gunshot detection technology in 2011.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): South Coast Today

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