County record · Maryland

Montgomery County

12 Deployments on record

6 Agencies

5 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · 2 Fixed cameras & RTCC · 1 Face recognition · none on record Drones / UAS · 1 Gunshot detection · none on record Body-worn & dashcam · 6 Doorbell & camera registry · 2 Cell-site simulators · none on record Predictive policing · none on record Social-media monitoring · none on record

The record, by agency

Montgomery County Police Department

Gaithersburg · 4 deployments · on UnGovr: Montgomery County

ALPR

In 2018, the Montgomery County Police Department scanned 1,145,437 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 Montgomery County Police Department uses Axon body-worn cameras.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Montgomery County Police Accountability Board (PAB) Annual Report Montgomery County Police Department (Annual Report Document)

Drones / UAS

The Montgomery County Police Department launched a Drone as First Responder (DFR) program in 2023.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): NBC4 Washington Montgomery County Department of Police www.faa.gov

Fixed cameras & RTCC

The Montgomery County Police operates a real-time crime center.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Montgomery County Website

Gaithersburg Police Department

Gaithersburg · 3 deployments · on UnGovr: City of Gaithersburg

ALPR

The Gaithersburg Police Department adopted a policy for automated license plate readers in 2014.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Gaithersburg Police Department

Body-worn & dashcam

The Gaithersburg Police Department has used body-worn cameras since 2015.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Gaithersburg Police Department NBC 4 WTOP

Doorbell & camera registry

The Gaithersburg Police Department maintains a voluntary registry of private and personal surveillance cameras.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): City of Gaithersburg

Rockville City Police Department

Rockville · 2 deployments · on UnGovr: City of Rockville

Body-worn & dashcam

The Rockville City Police Department has used body-worn cameras since at least 2017.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Rockville Police Department NBC 4

Doorbell & camera registry

The Rockville City Police Department maintains a voluntary registry of private and personal surveillance cameras.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): City of Rockville

Chevy Chase Police Department

Chevy Chase · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Town of Chevy Chase

Body-worn & dashcam

The Chevy Chase Police Department received $20,404 from the Bureau of Justice Assistance to purchase 11 body-worn cameras through the 2022 Small, Rural, Tribal BWC Microgrant program.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Small, Rural, and Tribal Body-Worn Camera microgrant grantee list

Montgomery County Sheriff's Department

Rockville · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Montgomery County

Body-worn & dashcam

The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office has used body-worn cameras since at least 2016.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Montgomery County Sheriff's Office NBC 4

Takoma Park Police Department

Takoma Park · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of Takoma Park

Body-worn & dashcam

The Takoma Park Police Department has been using body-worn cameras since 2015.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Takoma Police Department Policy NBC 4

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