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Cumberland County
Technology presence
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Cumberland County Sheriff's Office
The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office purchased 20 Axon body-worn cameras in 2019 for $80,000. The office received federal funding for BWCs in 2022.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Daily JournalUS Bureau of Justice Assistance
The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office operates two drones as of 2018, 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 Collegewww.cumberlandso.org
Portland Police Department
The Portland Police Department has used body-worn cameras since 2018.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): WMTW813 WGMEpublic.flourish.studio
The Portland Police Department has used predictive policing technology since at least 2014.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Press HeraldPress Herald
Windham Police Department
The Windham Police Department has purchased body-worn cameras but was still in the process of implementing them, according to data compiled by WGME CBS 13 in 2022.
The Windham Police Department operates one DJI Inspire drone as of 2018, 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 Collegewww.pressherald.com
Brunswick Police Department
The Brunswick Police Department 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 Collegewww.pressherald.comwjbq.com
Freeport Police Department
Freeport Police Department received $34,000 to purchase 17 body-worn cameras through the Small, Rural and Tribal Body-Worn Camera program in 2024.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): SRT BWC Program
Old Orchard Beach Police Department
Old Orchard Beach Police received approval from the City Council on July 21, 2020 to purchase 10 WatchGuard body-worn cameras and one (1) Docking Station for the Police Department to augment the 30 already in the department's possession.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Old Orchard Beach Finance CommitteeOld Orchard Beach Town Council13 WGME
South Portland Police Department
The South Portland Police Department purchased 24 WatchGuard body-worn cameras in 2017.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Bangor Daily News13 WGMEpublic.flourish.studio
University of Southern Maine Police Department
University of Southern Maine Police Department received $8,000 to purchase four body-worn cameras through the Small, Rural and Tribal Body-worn Camera Program in 2024.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): SRT BWC Program
Source: EFF Atlas of Surveillance (Electronic Frontier Foundation & University of Nevada, Reno — Reynolds School of Journalism) · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved July 2026