Who runs surveillance cameras in Dallas County?
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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250 Axon Fusus CCTV stream licenses, $120,600 over five years, running 15 April 2026 to 14 April 2031, alongside 300 licenses that let body cameras livestream into the same platform. The briefing calls the result "Real-Time Crime Center" capability.
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What we do not know
Axon five-year law enforcement contract [Dallas County Sheriff]
- Whose cameras the 250 Axon Fusus feeds belong to, and whether any are privately owned.
- Whether a camera registration program stands behind those feeds, and what an owner agrees to.
- Where the real time crime center is, who staffs it, and which agencies hold accounts on it.
- How long a plate read from the 137 in-car readers is kept, and whether it joins the Sheriff's Flock collection.
- Where the DeDrone sensors are, and what they record about the people flying detected aircraft.
- Whether the county's artificial intelligence policy has been adopted, what it says, and who enforces the hold until then.
- What becomes of an upload to Axon Community Link that turns out to be evidence of nothing.
- Who sets use policy for the five Constable precincts, which are separately elected agencies.
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 Dallas County and how public comment works there.
How to show up in Dallas 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.
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