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ORWELL INDEX

Texas

Travis County

Source baseline

Local records research not complete

This page currently reports two source datasets for Travis County. We have not completed the county's public records, meeting, policy, contract, or local news research. Entries below are source leads, not independent findings by Orwell Index.

OSM points
588
EFF Atlas entries
31
Agencies named by EFF
15
Orwell Index findings
Not researched

Community map snapshot

Captured 15 Sept 2026 from OpenStreetMap. Points are community-reported and have not been assigned to an agency by Orwell Index.

Agency technology extract

Captured 15 Sept 2026 from the EFF Atlas of Surveillance (CC-BY). EFF entries can be incomplete or outdated, so they remain attributed to that dataset.

Technologies named in the EFF extract

  • 8 Automated License Plate Readers
  • 6 Body-worn Cameras
  • 5 Drones
  • 3 Face Recognition
  • 3 Third-party Investigative Platforms
  • 2 Camera Registry
  • 2 Fusion Center
  • 1 Cell-site Simulator
  • 1 Real-Time Crime Center
View all 31 EFF Atlas entries

  • Austin Police Department

    Body-worn Cameras · Austin

  • Texas Department of Public Safety

    Face Recognition · Vendor listed by EFF: Clearview AI · Austin

  • Sunset Valley Police Department

    Body-worn Cameras · Sunset Valley

  • Pflugerville Police Department

    Automated License Plate Readers · Vendor listed by EFF: Flock Safety · Pflugerville

  • Texas Department of Public Safety

    Drones · Vendor listed by EFF: Aeryon Labs · Austin

  • Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Law Enforcement Division

    Drones · Vendor listed by EFF: DJI · Austin

  • Texas Department of Public Safety

    Cell-site Simulator · Austin

  • Austin Regional Intelligence Center

    Fusion Center · Austin

  • Texas Joint Crime Information Center

    Fusion Center · Austin

  • Austin Police Department

    Camera Registry · Austin

  • Pflugerville Police Department

    Camera Registry · Pflugerville

  • Austin Police Department

    Real-Time Crime Center · Austin

  • Texas Department of Public Safety

    Face Recognition · Austin

  • Lakeway Police Department

    Body-worn Cameras · Vendor listed by EFF: Axon · Lakeway

  • University of Texas Austin Police Department

    Body-worn Cameras · Vendor listed by EFF: Axon · Austin

  • Austin Independent School District Police Department

    Body-worn Cameras · Vendor listed by EFF: Axon · Austin

  • Texas Department of Public Safety

    Automated License Plate Readers · Austin

  • Sunset Valley Police Department

    Automated License Plate Readers · Vendor listed by EFF: Flock Safety · Sunset Valley

  • Austin Police Department

    Drones · Vendor listed by EFF: DJI, Skydio · Austin

  • Austin Police Department

    Third-party Investigative Platforms · Vendor listed by EFF: LexisNexis Risk Solutions · Austin

  • Texas Department of Public Safety

    Third-party Investigative Platforms · Vendor listed by EFF: LexisNexis Risk Solutions · Austin

  • Texas University Systems Police Department

    Drones · Austin

  • West Lake Hills Police Department

    Automated License Plate Readers · Vendor listed by EFF: Flock Safety · West Lake Hills

  • Texas Department of Public Safety

    Third-party Investigative Platforms · Vendor listed by EFF: Penlink · Austin

  • Texas Department of Public Safety

    Body-worn Cameras · Vendor listed by EFF: Axon, Motorola Solutions · Austin

  • Lakeway Police Department

    Automated License Plate Readers · Vendor listed by EFF: Flock Safety · Lakeway

  • Manor Police Department

    Automated License Plate Readers · Vendor listed by EFF: Flock Safety · Manor

  • Lago Vista Police Department

    Automated License Plate Readers · Vendor listed by EFF: Flock Safety · Lago Vista

  • Bee Cave Police Department

    Automated License Plate Readers · Vendor listed by EFF: Flock Safety · Bee Cave

  • Austin Police Department

    Face Recognition · Austin

  • Bee Cave Police Department

    Drones · Bee Cave

Civic action

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Personal protection

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Map and trackers

Travis County, Texas. Device data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), with community reporting via DeFlock. Open the full map →

Meetings, contracts, records

Local meetings, contracts, policies, and records have not been researched for this baseline.

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What you can do

Civic action

Show up

Public comment is open to any resident, and you do not have to be an expert to use it. We have not yet confirmed where the bodies that decide for Travis County meet. How the inventory works explains what we check and how to check it yourself.

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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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