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Lea County

5 Deployments on record
3 Agencies
3 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · 1 Fixed cameras & RTCC · 1 Face recognition · none on record Drones / UAS · none on record Gunshot detection · none on record Body-worn & dashcam · 3 Doorbell & camera registry · none on record Cell-site simulators · none on record Predictive policing · none on record Social-media monitoring · none on record

The record, by agency

Hobbs Police Department

Hobbs · 2 deployments · on UnGovr: City of Hobbs

Body-worn & dashcam Vendor: Coreforce

The Hobbs Police Department purchased Coreforce (formerly Utility) body-worn cameras in 2016.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Las Cruces Sun NewsHobbs Police Department Facebook page

Fixed cameras & RTCC

The Hobbs Police Department established the Emergency Action General Law Enforcement Intelligence Center (EAGLE IC ) in July 2014. The city's cameras feed into this center, and all multi-family developments are required to provide camera feeds to the center.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Security InfoWatchThe City VoiceCity of Hobbs

Lea County Sheriff's Office

Lovington · 2 deployments · on UnGovr: Lea County

ALPR Vendor: Jenoptik

The Lea County Sheriff's Office uses Jenoptik automated license plate reader trailers.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Jenoptik

Body-worn & dashcam

The Lea County Sheriff's Office began using body-worn cameras in 2016 and owned 70 BWCs as of July 2020.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): FacebookCarlsbad Current argus

Lovington Police Department

Lovington · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of Lovington

Body-worn & dashcam

The Lovington Police Department purchased 22 body-worn cameras in 2014.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): NewsWest 9Facebook

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