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Anne Arundel County

12 Deployments on record
6 Agencies
5 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · 2 Fixed cameras & RTCC · none on record Face recognition · 3 Drones / UAS · none on record Gunshot detection · none on record Body-worn & dashcam · 4 Doorbell & camera registry · 1 Cell-site simulators · 2 Predictive policing · none on record Social-media monitoring · none on record

The record, by agency

Anne Arundel County Police Department

Millersville · 4 deployments · on UnGovr: Anne Arundel County

ALPR

In 2018, the Anne Arundel County Police Department scanned 50,907,389 license plates using automated license plate readers. The agency operates ALPR systems at 9 fixed locations with 36 individual cameras and 29 mobile units.

Body-worn & dashcam Vendor: Axon

The Anne Arundel Police Department use Axon Body 3 cameras for most officers. The Quick Response Team (SWAT) uses Axon Flex 2 cameras.

Doorbell & camera registry Vendor: Axon

The Anne Arundel County Police Department uses Axon's Fusus camera registry.

Face recognition

The Maryland State Police and police departments across the Baltimore region — including Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Howard and Harford counties — all told the Baltimore Sun that they access the Maryland Image Repository System, which includes face recognition.

Annapolis Police Department

Annapolis · 3 deployments · on UnGovr: City of Annapolis

ALPR

In 2018, the Annapolice Police Department scanned 3,738,063 license plates using automated license plate readers. The Annapolis police has five fixed ALPR units and three mobile ALPR units.

Body-worn & dashcam Vendor: Axon

The Annapolis Police Department uses Axon body-worn cameras.

Cell-site simulators

The Annapolis Police Department acquired cell-site simulator technology in 2010, according data compiled by Kevin Collier for Vocativ.

Anne Arundel County Sheriff's Office

Annapolis · 2 deployments · on UnGovr: Anne Arundel County

Body-worn & dashcam Vendor: Axon

The Anne Arundel County Police Department uses Axon body-worn cameras.

Cell-site simulators Vendor: Jacobs Technology

The Anne Arundel County Sheriff's Office purchased a cell-site simulator for $546,160 from KeyW, which has been acquired by Jacobs Technology. Previously, the sheriff had a Stingray II cell-site simulator from Harris Corp.

Crofton Police Department

Crofton · 1 deployment

Body-worn & dashcam Vendor: Axon

The Crofton Police Department uses Axon body-worn cameras.

Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration

Glen Burnie · 1 deployment

Face recognition

Maryland's Motor Vehicle Administration's face recognition database is directly accessible by the FBI. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents can also access the database.

Maryland State Police

Millersville · 1 deployment

Face recognition

The Maryland State Police and police departments across the Baltimore region — including Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Howard and Harford counties — all told the Baltimore Sun that they access the Maryland Image Repository System, which includes face recognition.

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