Denton County
County record. Includes every city and agency within Denton 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
Ponder Police Department
The Ponder Police Department operates one Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department
Denton County Sheriff's Office
The Denton County Sheriff's Office has installed 10 Flock Safety automated license plate readers, according to data obtained in July 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Muckrock
The Denton County Sheriff's Office operates one drone as of 2019, 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 Collegedentoncounty.govwww.faa.gov
Little Elm Police Department
The Little Elm Police Department has installed 17 Flock Safety automated license plate readers, according to data obtained in July 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Muckrock
The Little Elm Police Department operates three drones 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.postsignal.comstarlocalmedia.com
Hickory Creek Police Department
The Hickory Creek Police Department uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers, according to data obtained in July 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Muckrock
Krum Police Department
The Krum Police Department uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers, according to data obtained in July 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Muckrock
Roanoke Police Department
The Roanoke Police Department has installed 19 Flock Safety automated license plate readers, according to data obtained in July 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Muckrock
The Colony Police Department
The The Colony Police Department operates 19 Flock Safety automated license plate readers and other cameras as of June 2025. The agency stores ALPR data for 30 days.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Flock Safety
The The Colony Police Department operates two DJI drones as of 2019, 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.facebook.comstarlocalmedia.com
The Colony Police Department maintains a registry of surveillance cameras voluntarily submitted by local residents and businesses.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Colony Police Department
Highland Village Police Department
The Highland Village Police Department has Axon Fleet 3 Mobile Video Systems with automated license plate readers. Additionally, the agency operates 17 Flock Safety automated license plate readers and other cameras as of June 2025. The agency stores ALPR data for 30 days.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Highland VillageFlock Safety
Sanger Police Department
The Sanger Police Department received $52,870 towards its body-worn camera program in October 2024 from the Texas Governor's Public Safety Office.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Texas Office of the Governor
Lewisville Police Department
The Lewisville Police Department has drones.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Lewisville Police Department FacebookLewisville Police Department Instagram
The Lewisville Police Department began using Flock Safety automated license plate readers in 2020.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Lewisville LeaderCity of Lewisville
The Lewisville Police Department began using body-worn cameras in 2018.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Lewisville Leader
The Lewisville Police Department's SafeCam program is a voluntary registry of private and personal surveillance cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): City of Lewisville
Trophy Club Police Department
As of April 2024, the Trophy Club Police Department operates 10 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
The Trophy Club Police Department received $21,525 from the Bureau of Justice Assistance to purchase 21 body-worn cameras through the 2022 Small, Rural, Tribal BWC Microgrant program.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Small, Rural, and Tribal Body-Worn Camera microgrant grantee list
The Trophy Club Police Department maintains a voluntary registry of private and personal surveillance cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): CityProtect
Aubrey Police Department
As of April 2024, the Aubrey Police Department operates 34 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
Northlake Police Department
As of April 2024, the Northlake Police Department operates 38 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
Bartonville Police Department
The Bartonville Police Department uses WatchGuard body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Bartonville Police Facebook page
The Bartonville Police Department installed Flock Safety automated license plate readers around town in 2020.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Cross Timbers GazetteTown of Bartonville
University of North Texas Police Department
The University of North Texas, Denton Police Department had body-worn cameras as recently as October 2018.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Denton Record ChroniclesUNT Denton Police Department Facebook
Argyle Police Department
The Argyle Police Department uses body-worn cameras, according to a 2020 policy.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Argyle Police Department
The Argyle Police Department purchased four Flock Safety automated license plate readers for $11,000 in 2020.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): City of Argyle
Denton Police Department
The Denton Police Department purchased 240 Axon body-worn cameras and Tasers for $1.1 million in 2019.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Denton Record-Chronicle
The Denton Police Department scanned 534,959 license plates in 2019 using Vigilant Solutions automated license plate readers.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): MuckRock
Source: EFF Atlas of Surveillance (Electronic Frontier Foundation & University of Nevada, Reno — Reynolds School of Journalism) · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved July 2026