County record · Texas

Starr County

7 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 · 1 Gunshot detection · none on record Body-worn & dashcam · 5 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

Starr County Sheriff's Office

Rio Grande City · 3 deployments · on UnGovr: Starr County

ALPR

The Starr County Sheriff's Office has been using automated license plate readers since at least 2009.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): ACLU

Body-worn & dashcam

The Starr County Sheriff's Office uses body-worn cameras.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Starr County Sheriff's Office Facebook page

Drones / UAS Vendor: Autel Robotics

The Starr County Sheriff's Office operates one Autel Robotics Evo 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 College www.krgv.com

Escobares Police Department

Escobares · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of Escobares

Body-worn & dashcam

The Escobares Police Department received $28,462 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

La Grulla Police Department

La Grulla · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of La Grulla

Body-worn & dashcam

The La Grulla Police Department received $27,180 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

Rio Grande City Police Department

Rio Grande · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of Rio Grande City

Body-worn & dashcam

The Rio Grande City Police Department has been using body-worn cameras since November 2013.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Enlace

Roma Police Department

Roma · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of Roma

Body-worn & dashcam

The Roma Police Department received $26,000 from the Bureau of Justice Assistance to purchase 26 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

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