County record · New Mexico
Sandoval County
Technology presence
The record, by agency
Rio Rancho Police Department
The Rio Rancho Police Department obtained automated license plate readers in 2018.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): KOAT
The Rio Rancho Police Department uses Axon body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Rio Rancho Police DepartmentKOATRio Rancho PD's Facebook page
The Rio Rancho Police Department started a registry of surveillance cameras voluntarily submitted by local residents and businesses in 2015.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): KRQERio Rancho Police
The Rio Rancho 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.krqe.com
The Rio Rancho Police Department began a three-year trial of Clearview AI face recognition software in 2023.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): KOB
Jemez Pueblo Police Department
The Jemez Pueblo Police Department began using Axon body-worn cameras in 2014.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pueblo of Jemez WebsiteAxon
Rio Rancho Public Schools
Rio Rancho Public Schools indicated that it was seeking $1.5 million from the state for gunshot detection in the district's 10 elementaries and four middle schools and that it had funds to install the system in two high schools. The district reported that the project for the two high schools was completed in 2019.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Albuquerque JournalRio Rancho Public Schools
Sandoval County Sheriff's Office
Tthe Sandoval County Sheriff's Office has been using body-worn cameras since at least 2010.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Albuquerque JournalFacebook
Source: EFF Atlas of Surveillance (Electronic Frontier Foundation & University of Nevada, Reno — Reynolds School of Journalism) · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved July 2026