County record · Montana
Gallatin County
Technology presence
The record, by agency
Belgrade Police Department
The Belgrade Police Department acquired body-worn cameras for all officers as early as 2011.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): KXLF 4Belgrade Police Department Facebook pageBelgrade Police Department Facebook
Gallatin County Sheriff's Office
The Gallatin County Sheriff's Office began testing body-worn cameras in 2015, then purchased two cameras with a state grant in 2016.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): NBC MontanaMissoulian
Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office
The Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office acquired Montana's first automated license plate reader in 2020.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Belgrade News
Source: EFF Atlas of Surveillance (Electronic Frontier Foundation & University of Nevada, Reno — Reynolds School of Journalism) · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved July 2026