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Date	Source	Story	Location
Aug 10	Streetcar Suburbs Publishing	Laurel City Council approves $89,000 purchase of police drones↗ Streetcar Suburbs Publishing New contract Drones / UAS+, Expansion	City of Laurel, MD us/md/prince-georges/city/laurel
Aug 10	SoMdNews.com ($)	St. Mary's sheriff's office requests funding for license plate reader↗ SoMdNews.com ($) ALPR+, Expansion	St. Mary's County, MD us/md/st-marys
Aug 7	DelmarvaNow.com ($)	Flock Safety cameras become flashpoint in Salisbury community↗ DelmarvaNow.com ($) More coverage: WMDT ALPRFace recognition	City of Salisbury, MD us/md/wicomico/city/salisbury Wicomico County, MD us/md/wicomico
Aug 5	Security Info Watch	Can AI Technology Really Stop School Violence Before It Happens?↗ Security Info Watch Schools & transit+, Expansion	Montgomery County Public Schools, MD us/md/montgomery/scd/montgomery-county Baltimore County Public Schools, MD us/md/baltimore/scd/baltimore-county
Aug 4	LinkedIn	What could possibly go wrong? Everything. Instead, how about those school systems take that money and spend it on providing more mental health clinicians INSIDE the schools to address the increasing mental stress of being a school-aged child and increas↗ LinkedIn New contract Schools & transit+, Expansion	Baltimore County, MD us/md/baltimore City of Tallahassee, FL us/fl/leon/city/tallahassee
Aug 4	WBOC TV	Rep. Harris announces more than $91K in federal grants for local police↗ WBOC TV New contract Fixed cameras & RTCC+, Expansion	City of Salisbury, MD us/md/wicomico/city/salisbury Dorchester County, MD us/md/dorchester Harford County, MD us/md/harford
Aug 4	WBAL-TV	Maryland police agencies get federal grants for equipment↗ WBAL-TValso carried by 1 other outlet New contract Fixed cameras & RTCC+, Expansion	Harford County, MD us/md/harford Cecil County, MD us/md/cecil Town of Elkton, MD us/md/cecil/town/elkton
Aug 4	LinkedIn	The fact that installing armed drones is a legitimate expense in schools rather than hiring mental health counselors and social workers tells you all you need to know about America.↗ LinkedIn New contract Schools & transit+, Expansion	Baltimore County, MD us/md/baltimore City of Tallahassee, FL us/fl/leon/city/tallahassee
Aug 4	LinkedIn	Mithril Defense has installed armed drones in 9 American schools. The system relies on AI cameras to detect signs of danger, but they use the same class of camera that mistook a bag of Doritos for a gun. The company’s Campus Guardian Angel drones sit in c↗ LinkedIn New contract Schools & transit+, Expansion	Baltimore County, MD us/md/baltimore
Aug 3	Streetcar Suburbs Publishing	New Howard County police monitoring center links cameras across the county↗ Streetcar Suburbs Publishing Fixed cameras & RTCC+, Expansion	Howard County, MD us/md/howard
Jul 31	Baltimore Sun ($)	‘Worth every penny’: Harford sheriff debuts automated drones, each with $70K annual cost↗ Baltimore Sun ($) Drones / UAS+, Expansion	Harford County, MD us/md/harford
Jul 30	WBOC TV	NAACP seeks answers on Salisbury’s Flock camera network↗ WBOC TV Face recognition	City of Salisbury, MD us/md/wicomico/city/salisbury
Jul 30	The BayNet	License Plate Reader Planned For Route 5 To Help St. Mary’s Deputies Track Stolen Vehicles, Solve Crimes↗ The BayNet ALPR+, Expansion	St. Mary's County, MD us/md/st-marys
Jul 24	officer.com	Md. Governor Touts Police Tech Investments as Crime Rates Fall↗ officer.com Fixed cameras & RTCC+, Expansion	Anne Arundel County, MD us/md/anne-arundel
Jul 16	Baltimore Sun ($)	From rooftops to vacant lots, Baltimore looks to drones for code enforcement↗ Baltimore Sun ($) Drones / UAS+, Expansion	Baltimore city County, MD us/md/baltimore-city
Jul 14	The Baltimore Banner ($)	Eyes in the sky: Montgomery County police expand and upgrade their fleet of drones↗ The Baltimore Banner ($)also carried by 1 other outlet More coverage: DC News Now · Bethesda Magazine Drones / UAS+, Expansion	Montgomery County, MD us/md/montgomery
Jul 9	DroneXL	Skydio Docks End Montgomery’s Rooftop Observers↗ DroneXL Drones / UAS−, Reduction	Montgomery County, MD us/md/montgomery
Jul 6	The MoCo Show -	Montgomery County Police Expanding Drone Coverage With Six Dock-Based Launch Sites↗ The MoCo Show - Drones / UAS+, Expansion	Montgomery County, MD us/md/montgomery
May 6, 2026	FOX 5 DC	St. Charles High School adding gun-detection tech to cameras after 2 weapons found↗ FOX 5 DC Schools & transit+, Expansion	Charles County Public Schools, MD us/md/charles/scd/charles-county Charles County, MD us/md/charles
May 4, 2026	The Baltimore Banner ($)	What to know about Anne Arundel schools’ trial run with AI-powered weapons detection↗ The Baltimore Banner ($) Schools & transit+, Expansion	Anne Arundel County Public Schools, MD us/md/anne-arundel/scd/anne-arundel-county Harford County Public Schools, MD us/md/harford/scd/harford-county Montgomery County Public Schools, MD us/md/montgomery/scd/montgomery-county
Apr 17, 2026	Davis Vanguard	Woman Wrongly Jailed for Six Months Over Facial Recognition Error Seeks Apology from Maryland Police↗ Davis Vanguard More coverage: The Baltimore Banner Face recognition	Montgomery County, MD us/md/montgomery Anne Arundel County, MD us/md/anne-arundel
Apr 16, 2026	StateScoop	ACLU calls for policy review after Maryland police used faulty facial recognition scan to wrongfully imprison Oklahoma woman for six months↗ StateScoop Face recognition−, Reduction	Montgomery County, NC us/nc/montgomery Anne Arundel County, MD us/md/anne-arundel
Apr 12, 2026	thesentinel.com	New MCPS AI security cameras are being installed in schools↗ thesentinel.com Schools & transit+, Expansion	Montgomery County Public Schools, MD us/md/montgomery/scd/montgomery-county
Feb 4, 2025	FOX 5 DC	Anne Arundel County opens Real-Time Information Center to help fight crime↗ FOX 5 DC Fixed cameras & RTCC+, Expansion	Anne Arundel County, MD us/md/anne-arundel
Apr 23, 2024	WTOP	Prince George’s Co. police Real Time Crime Center to open later this year↗ WTOP Fixed cameras & RTCC+, Expansion	Prince George's County, MD us/md/prince-georges

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