County record · Virginia
Bristol County
2
Deployments on record
1
Agencies
2
Technology categories
Technology presence
ALPR · 1
Fixed cameras & RTCC · none on record
Face recognition · 1
Drones / UAS · none on record
Gunshot detection · none on record
Body-worn & dashcam · none on record
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
Bristol Police Department
ALPR
The Bristol Police Department uses automated license plate readers, according to 2024 data.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): MuckRock
Face recognition
Vendor: Clearview AI
The Bristol Police Department can access Clearview AI via LexisNexis. The agency is partnered with the Bristol, Virginia Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office to access face recognition technology.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): WJHL
Source: EFF Atlas of Surveillance (Electronic Frontier Foundation & University of Nevada, Reno — Reynolds School of Journalism) · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved July 2026