Bernalillo County

The Albuquerque Police Department uses automatic license plate readers. The agency has an inventory of 70 to 80 ALPRs as of December 2023.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Albuquerque Police Department SOPKOAT Action NewsAlbuquerque Journal

The Albuquerque Police Department uses Axon Body 4 body-worn cameras.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Albuquerque Police DepartmentAxon's Facebook pageAlbuquerque Police Department's Facebook page

The Albuquerque Police Department accepted a bid of $755,500.00 for "One (1) complete, high-power, multi-protocol international mobile subscriber identity (imsi) and international mobile equipment identity (IMEI) cellular handset identification and location system, collectively identified as a cell- site simulator (CSS) system." The agency has used cell-site simulators since 2012.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): ACLU New MexicoAlbuquerque Police DepartmentAlbuquerque Journal

The Albuquerque Police Department, in 2025, became the first police department in New Mexico to launch a Drone as First Responder (DFR) program.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): SkydioKRQEKRQE

The Albuquerque Police Department began a three-year trial of Clearview AI face recognition technology in 2022.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): KOB

The Albuquerque Police department has been using face recognition technology since 2013.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): KOAT

The Albuquerque Police Department opened its real-time crime center in March 2011. This RTCC cost $800,000 and was paid through bonds and federal grants. The RTCC has 16 television screens, including a 90-inch monitor, and eight work stations. The center is staffed by four civilian crime analysts, two civilian video production workers, a video intelligence sergeant, a live operations sergeant, and a detective. As part of APD’s overall predictive policing strategy, the RTCC uses a combination of public and private cameras, a face recognition databases, and social media monitoring software.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Police MagazineAlbuquerque JournalAlbuquerque Police Department

The Albuquerque Police Department employs ShopSpotter gunshot detection technology.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The InterceptShotSpotter.com

The Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office acquired cellphone-based body-worn cameras from Utility in early 2021.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): KOB4BodyWorn Facebook page

The Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office maintains a voluntary registry of private and personal surveillance cameras through Motorola Solutions' CityProtect platform.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): CityProtect

Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office launched a drone as first responder program in 2025.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): KOB4KOAT

The U.S. Department of Justice awarded $96,875 to the Isleta Police Department in 2018 as part of the Bureau of Justice Assistance's body-worn camera grant program.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): U.S Department of JusticeU.S Department of JusticePueblo of Isleta Police Department Facebook Page

The New Mexico Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management operates two Silent Falcon drones as of 2019, 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 Collegeladailypost.com

The New Mexico State Police Department operates one DJI Matrice 210 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.faa.govwww.dps.nm.gov