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El Paso County
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El Paso Police Department
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."
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Texas A&M Transportation Institutelegacy.elpasotexas.gov
The El Paso Police Department had 34 body-worn cameras as of 2019 and received a federal grant for additional BWCs in 2022.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): El Paso Police DepartmentUS Bureau of Justice Assistance
The El Paso Police Department maintains a voluntary registry of private and personal surveillance cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): City of El Paso
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.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard Collegewww.elpasotexas.govwww.faa.gov
Anthony Police Department
The Anthony Police Department has installed 11 Flock Safety automated license plate readers, according to data obtained in July 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Muckrock
The Anthony Police Department uses Wolfcom body-worn cameras, according to a testimonial on the company's website.
The Anthony Police Department has installed 47 Flock Safey Raven gunshot detection devices as of July 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Muckrock
Horizon City Police Department
The Horizon City Police Department uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers, according to data obtained in July 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Muckrock
The Horizon City Police Department began its body-worn camera program in around 2012.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): El Paso Times
Drug Enforcement Administration
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."
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): ACLU
El Paso County Sheriff's Office
As of 2017, the El Paso County Sheriff's Office had 250 body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): El Paso Timescbs4local.com
El Paso ISD Police Department
As of December 2015, the El Paso Independent School District equipped all 43 of its officers with body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): El Paso Times
Source: EFF Atlas of Surveillance (Electronic Frontier Foundation & University of Nevada, Reno — Reynolds School of Journalism) · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved July 2026