County record · Texas

Taylor County

3 Deployments on record

2 Agencies

2 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · none on record 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

Abilene Police Department

Abilene · 2 deployments · on UnGovr: City of Abilene

Body-worn & dashcam

The Abilene Police Department has body-worn cameras.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): City of Abilene Website

Drones / UAS Vendor: DJI

The Abilene Police Department operated two DJI drones as of 2016, upgrading them as recently as 2019.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): KTAB Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College archive.reporternews.com

Taylor County Sheriff's Office

Abilene · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Taylor County

Body-worn & dashcam Vendor: Coban

In April 2016, the Taylor County Sheriff's Office purchased Coban body-worn cameras with matching funds from the state Criminal Justice Division.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): KTXS-TV Taylor County Commissioner's Court Abeline Reporter News

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