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Henderson County

6 Deployments on record
5 Agencies
3 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · 1 Fixed cameras & RTCC · none on record Face recognition · none on record Drones / UAS · 2 Gunshot detection · none on record Body-worn & dashcam · 3 Doorbell & camera registry · none on record Cell-site simulators · none on record Predictive policing · none on record Social-media monitoring · none on record

The record, by agency

Athens Police Department

Athens · 2 deployments · on UnGovr: City of Athens

Body-worn & dashcam

The Athens Police Department received $56,000 from the Bureau of Justice Assistance to purchase 28 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

Drones / UAS

The Athens Police Department submitted a policy related to drones and the use of force to the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Texas Commission On Law Enforcement

Chandler Police Department

Chandler · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of Chandler

Body-worn & dashcam

The Chandler Police Department received $16,534 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

Gun Barrel CityPolice Department

Gun Barrel City · 1 deployment

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Gun Barrel CityPolice Department uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers, according to data obtained in July 2025.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Muckrock

Henderson County Sheriff's Office

Athens · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Henderson County

Drones / UAS Vendor: DJI

The Henderson County Sheriff's Office operates one DJI Inspire drone 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.athensreview.com

Payne Springs Police Department

Payne Springs · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Town of Payne Springs

Body-worn & dashcam

The Payne Springs Police Department received $4,774 towards its body-worn camera program in September 2024 from the Texas Governor's Public Safety Office.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Texas Office of the Governor

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