County record · Maryland

Charles County

3 Deployments on record

1 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 · none on record 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

Charles County Sheriff's Office

La Plata · 3 deployments · on UnGovr: Charles County

ALPR

In 2018, the Charles County Sheriff's Office scanned 2,440,981 license plates using automated license plate readers.

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

Doorbell & camera registry Vendor: Motorola Solutions

The Charles County Sheriff's Office maintains a voluntary registry of private and personal surveillance cameras through Motorola Solutions' CityProtect platform.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): CityProtect

Drones / UAS Vendor: DJI

The Charles County Sheriff's Office and EMS operates two DJI drones as of 2017, 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 www.somdnews.com

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