Who runs surveillance cameras in Bell County?
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- Unified Services of Texas
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| System | Agency | Vendor | Status | Devices |
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| Cameras in county buildings and the jail | — | — | Active | — |
| The Robert Gray Army Airfield camera system | — | Unified Services of Texas | Approved | — |
Also listed here because the record shows it
These systems are documented primarily as something else. They appear here because a cited record shows the deployment also does this.
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The purchases are body cameras and vehicle fleet camera systems. No county record describes a plate reading, face matching or live monitoring capability on any of them.
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What we do not know
Cameras in county buildings and the jail
- How many cameras each of these systems has, and which spaces they cover.
- Whether any of them cover areas the public uses, such as lobbies, hallways and parking lots.
- How long the recordings are kept, and who may review them.
- Whether the Juvenile Justice Center and Central Jail purchases were approved.
- What else is held on the $453,895.88 evidence array, and under what retention schedule.
The Robert Gray Army Airfield camera system
- How many cameras the system has, and where they point.
- Whether any of them cover public roads or the civilian side of the Killeen-Fort Hood Regional Airport.
- Who holds the recordings, who may search them, and how long they are kept.
- What the August 2020 amendment changed.
- Whether the county, the City of Killeen or the Army operates the system day to day.
The Axon body and vehicle cameras [Bell County Sheriff and Bell County Constables]
- How many body cameras and vehicle camera systems the county operates.
- What the five-year contract on the 2024 renewal list covers, and whether the Court approved it.
- How long footage is kept, and who may review it.
- What the June 2020 consolidation of twenty-three contracts produced.
- Whether the county has a written policy on when the cameras record and when they may be switched off.
What camera networks are
Fixed and steerable cameras run by a public agency, often networked so footage from many locations can be watched or searched from one place.
What you can do
Civic action
Show up
This technology is bought and renewed by boards, councils and committees that meet in public. We have confirmed where each of them meets in Bell County and how public comment works there.
How to show up in Bell County →Personal protection
Protect yourself
Practical steps to shrink your personal data trail. Our guides publish at launch; until then, EFF's Surveillance Self-Defense is the best starting point.
Surveillance Self-Defense ↗