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ORWELL INDEX

Who runs surveillance cameras in Montgomery 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.

On the map

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Verified by us
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Community-reported

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), including community reporting via the DeFlock project. Tiles by OpenFreeMap.

What we do not know

The Axon camera contracts [Montgomery County IT]

  • How many cameras the December 2024 contract buys, and which county agencies get them.
  • Whether any of the Axon contracts include in-car plate reader licenses.
  • What the "Public Safety Video Surveillance" bought in 2021 consists of, and where those cameras are.
  • How long footage is kept, who can watch it and under what policy.
  • What the $1,728,482.73 piggyback of June 2025 covers, and what "or as negotiated" ended up meaning.

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 Montgomery County and how public comment works there.

How to show up in Montgomery 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 ↗