County record · Texas

Matagorda County

4 Deployments on record

3 Agencies

3 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · 1 Fixed cameras & RTCC · none on record Face recognition · none on record Drones / UAS · 1 Gunshot detection · none on record Body-worn & dashcam · 2 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

Bay City Police Department

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

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

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

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Muckrock

Body-worn & dashcam

The Bay City Police Department received $32,853 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

Matagorda County Sheriff's Office

Bay City · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Matagorda County

Drones / UAS Vendor: DJI

The Matagorda County Sheriff's Office operates two 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 College www.facebook.com

Palacios Police Department

Palacios · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of Palacios

Body-worn & dashcam

Palacios Police Department received $24,806 to purchase 13 body-worn cameras through the Small, Rural and Tribal Body-Worn Camera program in 2024.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): SRT BWC Program

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