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.
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The November 2021 purchase is titled "Public Safety Video Surveillance", $2,101,520.00 over sixty months. The minutes do not say how many cameras it bought or where they are.
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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 ↗