Collin County
County record. Includes every city and agency within Collin 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
Wylie Police Department
The Wylie Police Department uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers, according to data obtained in July 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Muckrock
The Wylie Police Department included Vigilant Solutions FaceSearch face recognition software in its 2021 budget.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): City of Wylie
Anna Police Department
The Anna Police Department has installed 29 Flock Safety automated license plate readers, according to data obtained in July 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Muckrock
Lavon Police Department
The Lavon Police Department uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers, according to data obtained in July 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Muckrock
Melissa Police Department
The Melissa Police Department has installed 26 Flock Safety automated license plate readers, according to data obtained in July 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Muckrock
Celina Police Department
The Celina Police Department installed Flock Safety automated license plate readers throughout the city in February 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): My Texas
Frisco Police Department
The Frisco Police Department installed Flock Safety license plate readers across Frisco.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Dallas Express
The Frisco Police Department's SafeCam program is a voluntary registry of private and personal surveillance cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Frisco
Plano Police Department
The Plano Police Department operates a real-time information center.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Local Profile
The Plano Police Department uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Caldwell County
The Plano Police Department received approval d to replace the department's WatchGuard Video Vista XLT body-worn cameras with 500 new Motorola V300s for $849,500 in 2021.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Dallas News
The Plano Police Department uses drones.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Plano Police Department
The Plano Police Department purchased facial recognition technology from Vigilant Solutions in 2019 for $44,485.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Plano Police Department
The Plano Police Department maintains a voluntary registry of private and personal surveillance cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): City of Plano
Prosper Police Depatment
The Prosper Police Depatment a $150,000 contract with Flock Safety Inc. for a Drone-as-First-Responder (DFR) and accompanying software.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Community Impact
Prosper Police Department
The Prosper Police Department uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Caldwell County
The Prosper Police Department partnered with Flock Safety to manage a camera registry called Prosper CATCH (Criminal Apprehension Through Community Help).
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Town of ProsperTown of Prosper Government Website
McKinney Police Department
The McKinney Police Department uses Axon body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Community Impact
Allen Police Department
The Allen Police Department first bought 84 body-worn cameras in 2016 but entered a new five-year leasing plan with Motorola Solutions for 162 body cameras in 2022.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): City of AllenAllen American
The Allen Police Department established their drone program in 2020.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): City of Allen YouTube
The Allen Police Department began using automated license plate readers in 2013 and updated the system with 30 new ALPRs in 2020.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Allen AmericanMuckRock
Collin County Sheriff's Office
As of 2020, the Collin County Sheriff's Office had at least one deputy that flies drones.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Collins COunty
The Collin County Sheriff's Office uses PlateScan automated license plate readers.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): American Civil Liberties UnionAmerican Civil Liberties UnionCollin County
Source: EFF Atlas of Surveillance (Electronic Frontier Foundation & University of Nevada, Reno — Reynolds School of Journalism) · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved July 2026