County record · Maryland

St. Mary's County

3 Deployments on record

1 Agencies

3 Technology categories

Technology presence

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

The record, by agency

St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office

Leonardtown · 3 deployments · on UnGovr: St. Mary's County

Body-worn & dashcam Vendor: Axon Flex

The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office began using Axon Flex cameras in 2020. The agency previously used Panasonic Arbitrator body-worn cameras, purchased with a $17,127 grant from the Department of Justice's Edward Byrne Memorial Assistance Grant in 2016.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Website (Sheriff’s Message and Department Overview)St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office News Section

Drones / UAS

The St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office operates one drone 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.stmarysmd.com

Predictive policing Vendor: PredPol

St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office purchased PredPol predictive police technology in 2020.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Southern Maryland News

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