Bell County
County record. Includes every city and agency within Bell County.
Technology presence
What these categories mean
- ALPR
- Automated license plate readers (ALPR): camera systems that automatically capture, read, and log vehicle license plates with location and time, producing a searchable record of vehicle movements.
- Fixed cameras & RTCC
- Agency-operated fixed video cameras and the real-time crime centers (RTCC) that aggregate live and recorded feeds for monitoring. Extends the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Atlas, which enumerates real-time crime centers and camera registries but not standalone fixed-camera estates.
- Face recognition
- Software that matches faces in images or video against a reference database to identify or verify individuals.
- Drones / UAS
- Uncrewed aerial systems (UAS), commonly called drones, operated by an agency for overhead observation, imaging, or sensing.
- Gunshot detection
- Networks of acoustic sensors that detect and locate suspected gunfire and alert an agency.
- Body-worn & dashcam
- Officer body-worn and in-vehicle dashboard cameras that record encounters; public access to the footage is frequently restricted.
- Doorbell & camera registry
- Programs that give an agency access to privately owned camera footage: doorbell-camera partnerships, citizen camera registries, and private-camera integration platforms.
- Cell-site simulators
- Devices that mimic cell towers to locate or identify nearby mobile phones. They are often called Stingrays, or IMSI catchers after the international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) number that identifies each phone on a network. Adjacent: communications surveillance outside the visual/sensor core.
- Predictive policing
- Software that forecasts where crime may occur or who may be involved, to direct policing. Adjacent: analytics rather than a sensing deployment.
- Social-media monitoring
- Tools that collect and analyze public social-media activity for an agency. Adjacent: open-source/communications monitoring outside the visual/sensor core.
The record, by agency
Holland Police Department
The Holland Police Department uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers, according to data obtained in July 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Muckrock
Salado Police Department
The Salado Police Department has installed 10 Flock Safety automated license plate readers, according to data obtained in July 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Muckrock
Morgan's Point Resort Police Department
As of April 2024, the Morgan's Point Resort Police Department operates four Flock Safety automated license plate readers. The agency stores ALPR data for 30 days.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Flock SafetyThe News & ObserverThe News & Observer
Morgan's Point Resort Police Department received $3,486 to purchase three body-worn cameras through the Small, Rural and Tribal Body-Worn Camera program in 2024.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): SRT BWC Program
Texas A&M University Central Texas Police Department
The Texas A&M University Central Texas Police Department received a Small, Rural, and Tribal Body-Worn Camera Program grant for $24,000 for 12 body-worn cameras in 2023.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Justice & Security StrategiesJustice & Security Strategies
Belton Police Department
The Belton Police Department uses Axon body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): US Bureau of Justice AssistanceBelton Police Department Facebook page
The Belton Police Department received a federal Justice Assistance Grant in 2022 to purchase a license plate reader.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): US Bureau of Justice Assistance
Killeen Police Department
The Killeen Police Department uses Coban body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Killeen Police DepartmentKilleen Police DepartmentKilleen Daily Herald
The Killeen Police Department scanned 169,626 license plates in 2019 using Vigilant Solutions automated license plate readers.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): MuckRock
The Killeen Police Department uses Axon's Fusus camera registry system.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): KPD ConnectAxon
Temple Police Department
The Texas Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority gave the Temple Police Department a grant to purchase automated license plate readers in 2022.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority
The Temple Police Department operates one DJI Phantom drone as of 2016, 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.kwtx.com
Nolanville Police Department
The Nolanville Police Department received a $65,000 grant in part to purchase a license plate reader platform in 2021.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Killeen Daily HeraldCity of Nolanville
Harker Heights Police Department
The Harker Heights Police Department patrol officers wear Coban body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Harker Heights government website.Harker Heights Police Department Facebook
Bell County Sheriff's Office
The Bell County Sheriff's Office received funding for automated license plate readers in 2021.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Texas Office of Governor Public Safety Office
Source: EFF Atlas of Surveillance (Electronic Frontier Foundation & University of Nevada, Reno — Reynolds School of Journalism) · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved July 2026