Tarrant County
County record. Includes every city and agency within Tarrant County.
Technology presence
What these categories mean
- ALPR
- Automated license plate readers (ALPR): camera systems that automatically capture, read, and log vehicle license plates with location and time, producing a searchable record of vehicle movements.
- Fixed cameras & RTCC
- Agency-operated fixed video cameras and the real-time crime centers (RTCC) that aggregate live and recorded feeds for monitoring. Extends the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Atlas, which enumerates real-time crime centers and camera registries but not standalone fixed-camera estates.
- Face recognition
- Software that matches faces in images or video against a reference database to identify or verify individuals.
- Drones / UAS
- Uncrewed aerial systems (UAS), commonly called drones, operated by an agency for overhead observation, imaging, or sensing.
- Gunshot detection
- Networks of acoustic sensors that detect and locate suspected gunfire and alert an agency.
- Body-worn & dashcam
- Officer body-worn and in-vehicle dashboard cameras that record encounters; public access to the footage is frequently restricted.
- Doorbell & camera registry
- Programs that give an agency access to privately owned camera footage: doorbell-camera partnerships, citizen camera registries, and private-camera integration platforms.
- Cell-site simulators
- Devices that mimic cell towers to locate or identify nearby mobile phones. They are often called Stingrays, or IMSI catchers after the international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) number that identifies each phone on a network. Adjacent: communications surveillance outside the visual/sensor core.
- Predictive policing
- Software that forecasts where crime may occur or who may be involved, to direct policing. Adjacent: analytics rather than a sensing deployment.
- Social-media monitoring
- Tools that collect and analyze public social-media activity for an agency. Adjacent: open-source/communications monitoring outside the visual/sensor core.
The record, by agency
Tarrant County Sheriff's Office
The Tarrant County Sheriff's Office uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers, according to data obtained in July 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Muckrock
Hurst Police Department
The Hurst Police Department has installed 15 Flock Safety automated license plate readers, according to data obtained in July 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Muckrock
The Hurst 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
The Hurst Police Department maintains a voluntary registry of private and personal surveillance cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): City of Hurst
Bedford Police Department
The Bedford Police Department has installed 24 Flock Safety automated license plate readers, according to data obtained in July 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Muckrock
The Bedford Police Department operates one DJI Inspire drone as of 2017, 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.bedfordtx.gov
Euless Police Department
The Euless Police Department has installed 33 Flock Safety automated license plate readers, according to data obtained in July 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Muckrock
The Euless Police Department operates one drone, 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 Collegeci.euless.tx.us
Lake Worth Police Department
The Lake Worth Police Department uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers, according to data obtained in July 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Muckrock
The Lake Worth Police Department's SafeCam program is a voluntary registry of private and personal surveillance cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): City of Lake Worth Texas
Crowley Police Department
The Crowley Police Department uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers, according to data obtained in July 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Muckrock
Dalworthington Gardens Police Department
The Dalworthington Gardens Police Department uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers, according to data obtained in July 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Muckrock
Haltom City Police Department
The Haltom City Police Department uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers, according to data obtained in July 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Muckrock
Methodist Health System Police Department - Mansfield Medical Center
The Methodist Health System Police Department - Mansfield Medical Center uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers, according to data obtained in July 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Muckrock
Methodist Health System Police Department - Southlake Medical Center
The Methodist Health System Police Department - Southlake Medical Center uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers, according to data obtained in July 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Muckrock
Pantego Police Department
The Pantego Police Department uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers, according to data obtained in July 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Muckrock
River Oaks Police Department
The River Oaks Police Department has installed 10 Flock Safety automated license plate readers, according to data obtained in July 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Muckrock
Sansom Park Police Department
The Sansom Park Police Department has installed 10 Flock Safety automated license plate readers, according to data obtained in July 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Muckrock
Tarrant Regional Water District Law Enforcement Division
The Tarrant Regional Water District Law Enforcement Division uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers, according to data obtained in July 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Muckrock
University of Texas at Arlington Police Department
The University of Texas at Arlington Police Department has installed 20 Flock Safety automated license plate readers, according to data obtained in July 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Muckrock
Watauga Police Department
The Watauga Police Department has installed 14 Flock Safety automated license plate readers, according to data obtained in July 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Muckrock
White Settlement ISD Police Department
The White Settlement ISD Police Department uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers, according to data obtained in July 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Muckrock
Saginaw Police Department
The Saginaw Police Department has 19 Flock Safety automated license plate readers and other cameras as of July 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Flock Safety
Arlington Police Department
The Arlington Police Department operates a drone-as-first responder program.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Arlington Police DepartmentDroneLifeFOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth
The Arlington Police Department operates a real-time crime center.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Arlington Police Department
As of April 2024, the Arlington Police Department operates Flock Safety automated license plate readers. The agency stores ALPR data for 30 days.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Flock SafetyThe News & ObserverThe News & Observer
The Arlington Police Department purchased BriefCam video analytics software for $76,000 in 2019.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): BuzzfeedCity of ArlingtonCity of Arlington
The Arlington Police Department acquired 150 BodyWorn body-worn cameras with plans to equip all 600 officers in early 2018.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Dallas Morning News
Grapevine Police Department
The Grapevine 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
The Texas Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority gave the Grapevine Police Department a grant to purchase automated license plate readers in 2022.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority
The Grapevine Police Department maintains a voluntary registry of private and personal surveillance cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Grapevine Police Department
Keller Police Department
The Keller 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
The Keller Police Department uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): City of Keller
North Richland Hills Police Department
The North Richland Hills Police Department uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Caldwell County
The North Richland Hills Police Department 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 Collegewww.nbcdfw.com
THe North Richland Hills Police Department received $94,000 to support the cost of outfilling all officers with Axon body-worn cameras inn 2018.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): NBC 5 DFWNorth Richland Hills Police Department Nextdoor profile
Azle Police Department
The Azle Police Department uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Caldwell County
Fort Worth Police Department
The Fort Worth Police Departmentt announced plans to use Flock Safety Raven gunshot detection sensors in late 2023.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): NBC DFW
The Fort Worth Police Department was using drones mostly for missing persons cases, but in 2020 it began deploying drones during the COVID-19 pandemic to enforcement social distancing, particularly with the city's homeless population.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Fort Worth Star-TelegramFort Worth Report
The Fort Worth Police Department has purchased automated license plate readers from Vigilant Solutions and Axon.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Fort Worth Police DepartmentFort Worth Report
The Fort Worth Police Department uses Axon body-worn cameras
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Fort Worth Police DepartmentFort Worth Report
The Fort Worth Police Department purchased a new cell-site simulator system from Tactical Support Equipment in 2020 to replace its previous Harris Corp. system.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): City of Fort WorthKevin CollierNBC Dallas Fort-worth
The Fort Worth Police Department maintains a voluntary registry of private and personal surveillance cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Fort Worth Police DepartmentCity of Fort Worth
The Fort Worth Police Department's Real-Time Crime Center accesses more 360 cameras across the city as well as automated license plate readers.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Fort Worth Official SiteWFAACulture Map
Mansfield Police Department
The Mansfield Police Department uses WatchGuard body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Mansfield Police DepartmentMansfield Police Department
The Mansfield Police Department operates two DJI drones as of 2016, 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 Collegedfw.cbslocal.com
White Settlement Police Department
The White Settlement Police Department uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): White Settlement Police DepartmentFox 4 KDFWTexas Department of Motor Vehicles
Blue Mound Police Department
The Texas Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority gave the Blue Mound Police Department a grant to purchase automated license plate readers in 2022.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority
Richland Hills Police Department
The Texas Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority gave the Richland Hills Police Department a grant to purchase automated license plate readers in 2022.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority
Castleberry Independent School District
Castleberry Independent School District acquired Axon body-worn cameras in 2020.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Castleberry ISDCastleberry ISDCastleberry ISD
White Settlement Independent School District Police Department
The White Settlement Independent School District purchased an Axon body-worn camera in May 2020.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): White Settlement ISD School Board of Trustees - Agenda Packet - Check Register
Everman Police Department
The Everman Police Department operates one DJI Inspire drone as of 2017, 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.faa.govwww.facebook.com
Tarrant County Constables
The Tarrant County Constables purchased 12 body-worn cameras in 2015 with $6,600 in asset forfeiture funds.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Tarrant County Website
University of Texas at Arlington Parking and Transportation Services
The University of Texas at Arlington Parking and Transportation Services uses automated license plate readers for parking enforcement.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): University of Texas at Arlington Parking and Transportation Services
Southlake Department of Public Safety
The Southlake Department of Public Safety maintains a voluntary registry of private and personal surveillance cameras through Motorola Solutions' CityProtect platform.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): CityProtect
Source: EFF Atlas of Surveillance (Electronic Frontier Foundation & University of Nevada, Reno — Reynolds School of Journalism) · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved July 2026