County record · Virginia

Carroll County

3 Deployments on record

2 Agencies

2 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · 2 Fixed cameras & RTCC · none on record Face recognition · none on record Drones / UAS · none on record Gunshot detection · none on record Body-worn & dashcam · 1 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

Hillsville Police Department

Hillsville · 2 deployments · on UnGovr: Town of Hillsville

ALPR

The Hillsville Police Department uses automated license plate readers, according to 2024 data.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): MuckRock

Body-worn & dashcam

The Hillsville Police Department received $10,504 from the Bureau of Justice Assistance to purchase 16 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

Carroll County Sheriff’s Office

Hillsville · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Carroll County

ALPR

The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office uses automated license plate readers, according to 2024 data.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): MuckRock

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