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El Paso County

12 Deployments on record
6 Agencies
6 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · 3 Fixed cameras & RTCC · none on record Face recognition · none on record Drones / UAS · 1 Gunshot detection · 1 Body-worn & dashcam · 5 Doorbell & camera registry · 1 Cell-site simulators · 1 Predictive policing · none on record Social-media monitoring · none on record

The record, by agency

El Paso Police Department

El Paso · 4 deployments · on UnGovr: City of El Paso

ALPR Vendor: Skycop

According to the Texas A&M Transportation Institute: "The El Paso Police Department has used ALPR since 2006, and currently operates 23 mobile units with ALPR.  Besides the mobile units, the El Paso Police also own six ALPR‐equipped trailers that can be parked alongside a roadway. The trailers include a radar system and 'your speed is' display that faces approaching traffic, while the ALPR camera is positioned on the opposite side to read rear license plates as vehicles pass it."

Body-worn & dashcam Vendor: WatchGuard

The El Paso Police Department had 34 body-worn cameras as of 2019 and received a federal grant for additional BWCs in 2022.

Doorbell & camera registry

The El Paso Police Department maintains a voluntary registry of private and personal surveillance cameras.

Drones / UAS Vendor: DJI

The El Paso Police Department operates four DJI drones as of 2018, according to data compiled by the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College.

Anthony Police Department

Anthony · 3 deployments · on UnGovr: City of Anthony

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Anthony Police Department has installed 11 Flock Safety automated license plate readers, according to data obtained in July 2025.

Body-worn & dashcam Vendor: Wolfcom

The Anthony Police Department uses Wolfcom body-worn cameras, according to a testimonial on the company's website.

Gunshot detection Vendor: Flock Safety

The Anthony Police Department has installed 47 Flock Safey Raven gunshot detection devices as of July 2025.

Horizon City Police Department

Horizon City · 2 deployments · on UnGovr: City of Horizon City

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Horizon City Police Department uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers, according to data obtained in July 2025.

Body-worn & dashcam

The Horizon City Police Department began its body-worn camera program in around 2012.

Drug Enforcement Administration

El Paso · 1 deployment

Cell-site simulators Vendor: Harris Corp.

According to records obtained by the ACLU, the Drug Enforcement Administration El Paso Division purchased $412,871 in cell-site simulator equipment from Harris Corporation in 2013, "including upgrading three Stingray I and Stingray II cell site simulators used by its El Paso and Albuquerque offices to the newer Hailstorm model."

El Paso County Sheriff's Office

El Paso · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: El Paso County

Body-worn & dashcam Vendor: Axon

As of 2017, the El Paso County Sheriff's Office had 250 body-worn cameras.

El Paso ISD Police Department

El Paso · 1 deployment

Body-worn & dashcam

As of December 2015, the El Paso Independent School District equipped all 43 of its officers with body-worn cameras.

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