Williamson County
County record. Includes every city and agency within Williamson 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
Liberty Hill Police Department
The Liberty Hill Police Department uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers, according to data obtained in July 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Muckrock
The Liberty Hill 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
Hutto Police Department
The Hutto Police Department uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers, according to data obtained in July 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Muckrock
Taylor Police Department
The Taylor Police Department uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Flock Safety
Leander Police Department
The Leander 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 Leander Police Department began using body-worn cameras in 2015, but upgraded to Axon cameras in 2017.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): CBS - AustinLeander Police Department Facebook (recruitment video)
Round Rock Police Department
As of April 2024, the Round Rock Police Department operates 33 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 Round Rock Police Department started its body-worn cameras program in 2016.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Austin American-StatesmanRound Rock Police Department
The Round Rock Police Department operates one 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 Collegewww.faa.govwww.skyfireconsulting.com
The Round Rock Police Department maintains a camera registry via Flock Safety.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Round Rock TX Government Website
Georgetown Police Department
The Georgetown Police Department began using body-worn cameras in 2014. In 2024, the city approved a five-year contract with Motorola Solutions, totalling $974,303.20, to replace old body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): KXANCommunity Impact
The Georgetown Police Department maintains a voluntary registry of private and personal surveillance cameras through Motorola Solutions' CityProtect platform.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): CityProtect
Cedar Park Police Department
The Cedar Park Police Department received approval in December 2022 to purchase Flock Safety automated license plate readers.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): KVUE
Williamson County Sheriff's Office
The Williamson County Sheriff's Office received approval to install 25 Flock Safety automated license plate readers in 2022.
The Williamson County Sheriff's Office operates four drones 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.rotorandwing.com
Source: EFF Atlas of Surveillance (Electronic Frontier Foundation & University of Nevada, Reno — Reynolds School of Journalism) · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved July 2026