County record · Texas

Bastrop County

4 Deployments on record

2 Agencies

3 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · 2 Fixed cameras & RTCC · none on record Face recognition · none on record Drones / UAS · 1 Gunshot detection · none on record Body-worn & dashcam · 1 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

Bastrop County Sheriff's Office

Bastrop · 2 deployments · on UnGovr: Bastrop County

ALPR Vendor: Vigilant Solutions

The Bastrop County Sheriff's Office received a grant in 2019 to fund operation of an automated license plate reader.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Bureau of Justice Assistance Bastrop County

Body-worn & dashcam

The Bastrop County Sheriff's Office began using body-worn cameras in 2018.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Austin American-Statesman

Elgin Police Department

Elgin · 2 deployments · on UnGovr: City of Elgin

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Elgin Police Department has installed 19 Flock Safety automated license plate readers, according to data obtained in July 2025.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Muckrock

Drones / UAS

The Elgin Police Department submitted a policy related to drones and the use of force to the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Texas Commission On Law Enforcement

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