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Whatcom County

5 Deployments on record
5 Agencies
2 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · none on record Fixed cameras & RTCC · none on record Face recognition · none on record Drones / UAS · 1 Gunshot detection · none on record Body-worn & dashcam · 4 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

Blaine Police Department

Blaine · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of Blaine

Body-worn & dashcam

The Blaine Police Department received $27,850 from the Bureau of Justice Assistance to purchase 14 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

Everson Police Department

Everson · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of Everson

Body-worn & dashcam

The Everson Police Department received $12,000 from the Bureau of Justice Assistance to purchase 6 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

Lummi Nation Police Department

Bellingham · 1 deployment

Body-worn & dashcam

Lummi Nation Police Department received $5,516 to purchase six body-worn cameras through the Small, Rural and Tribal Body-worn Camera Program in 2024.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): SRT BWC Program

Nooksack Tribal Police Department

Deming · 1 deployment

Body-worn & dashcam

The Nooksack Tribal Police Department received a grant to buy purchase body-worn cameras in 2020.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Nooksack Indian Tribe Website

Whatcom County Sheriff's Office

Bellingham · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Whatcom County

Drones / UAS

The Whatcom County Sheriff's Office operates one drone as of 2018, 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

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