Frederick County Sheriff's Office

The Frederick County Sheriff’s Office in Maryland uses LexisNexis’s Accurint Virtual Crime Center, confirmed through the EFF’s Atlas of Surveillance. Frederick County is in western Maryland, north of Washington DC, with about 280,000 residents.

Maryland is politically complex on immigration. Montgomery County and Prince George’s County — both in the Washington DC suburbs — have sanctuary policies. Frederick County, farther west, has no such protections and has historically been more cooperative with immigration enforcement. The Frederick County Sheriff’s Office’s AVCC subscription places its data in LexisNexis’s investigative network, accessible to federal agencies.

Whether Frederick County SO is a PSDEX data contributor or solely an investigative subscriber has not been confirmed. Maryland’s Public Information Act (MPIA) has a 30-day response period — longer than most states — but a records request for the full AVCC contract would clarify both questions.