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Montgomery County

7 Deployments on record
5 Agencies
3 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · 4 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

Blacksburg Police Department

Blacksburg · 2 deployments · on UnGovr: Town of Blacksburg

ALPR Vendor: ELSAG

The Blacksburg Police Department added an ELSAG license plate reader to at least one of their vehicles as early as 2010.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Hokie PrivacyUniversity of Richmond

Body-worn & dashcam

The U.S. Department of Justice awarded $44,906 to the Blacksburg Police Department in 2017 as part of the Bureau of Justice Assistance's body-worn camera grant program.

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

Montgomery County Sheriff's Office

Christiansburg · 2 deployments · on UnGovr: Montgomery County

ALPR

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

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): MuckRock

Drones / UAS Vendor: Physical Sciences

The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office operates two Physical Sciences drones 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.wsls.com

Christiansburg Police Department

Christiansburg · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Town of Christiansburg

ALPR

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

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): MuckRock

Radford University Police Department

Radford · 1 deployment

Body-worn & dashcam

The Radford University Police Department has had a body-worn camera policy in place since 2012.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Radford University Police Department Policy

Virginia Tech Police Department

Blacksburg · 1 deployment

ALPR

The Virginia Tech Police Department 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