County record · Maryland

Baltimore County

10 Deployments on record

5 Agencies

5 Technology categories

Technology presence

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

The record, by agency

Baltimore County Police Department

Towson · 5 deployments · on UnGovr: Baltimore County

ALPR

In 2018, the Baltimore County Police Department scanned 23,886,915 license plates using automated license plate readers.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Maryland House Judiciary Committee Disclosure Capital News Service

Body-worn & dashcam Vendor: Axon

The Baltimore County Police Department agreed to an eight-year $12.5 million contract with Axon in 2017.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Baltimore County Government

Cell-site simulators Vendor: Jacobs Technology

The Baltimore County Police Department acquired a new cell-site simulator vehicle as of December 2023.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Jacobs Technology Vocativ Capital News Service

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.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Baltimore Sun

Gunshot detection Vendor: SoundThinking

The Baltimore County Police Department started using ShotSpotter gunshot detection technology as part of a 2-year pilot program in July 2023.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): WBAL TV

Maryland State Police

Pikesville · 2 deployments

ALPR

In 2018, the Maryland State Police scanned 74,899,090 license plates using automated license plate readers. The agency acquired automated license plate readers as early as 2018.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Maryland House Judiciary Committee Disclosure Circuit Court for Baltimore City Capital News Service

Cell-site simulators

The Maryland State Police acquired cell-site simulator technology in 2012.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Vocativ Kevin Collier Capital News Service

Baltimore Police Department

Baltimore · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of Baltimore

Cell-site simulators Vendor: Cognyte

The Baltimore Police Department entered a one-year, $920,000 contract with Cognyte for one cell site simulator in 2025. The agency has used cell-site simulators since 2006.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): GCN Vocativ Capital News Service

Towson University Police Department

Towson · 1 deployment

ALPR

In 2018, the Towson University Police Department scanned 3,676,764 license plates using automated license plate readers. The University has a total of 6 fixed ALPR sites with 10 cameras and one mobile unit

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Maryland House Judiciary Committee Disclosure Maryland House Judiciary Committee Disclosure Capital News Service

University of Maryland, Baltimore Police Department

Baltimore · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: University of Maryland, Baltimore

Body-worn & dashcam

The University of Maryland, Baltimore Police Department planned to launch its body-worn camera program by December 2019.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): University of Maryland, Baltimore Police Department

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