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Frederick County

6 Deployments on record
4 Agencies
4 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · 2 Fixed cameras & RTCC · none on record Face recognition · 1 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

Frederick County Sheriff's Office

Winchester · 3 deployments · on UnGovr: Frederick County

ALPR

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

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): MuckRock

Body-worn & dashcam

The Frederick County Sheriff's Office uses body-worn cameras.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): ACLUFrederick County Sheriff's Office

Drones / UAS

The Frederick County Sheriff's Office 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.gov

Laurel Ridge Community College Police Department

Middletown · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Laurel Ridge Community College

Face recognition

The Laurel Ridge Community College Police Department uses face recognition technology, according to 2024 data.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): MuckRock

Middletown Police Department

Middletown · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Town of Middletown

ALPR

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

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): MuckRock

Winchester Police Department

Winchester · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of Winchester

Body-worn & dashcam

The U.S. Department of Justice awarded $104,828 to the Winchester Police Department in 2016 as part of the Bureau of Justice Assistance's body-worn camera grant program.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): U.S Department of Justice

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