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ORWELL INDEX

Who flies surveillance drones in Contra Costa County?

What we do not know

Antioch Police

  • Whether an adopted, non-draft version of the military equipment policy is published, and where.
  • How many flights have been made, for what purposes, and over where.
  • Whether the annual military equipment report and community engagement meeting have happened.
  • The department's drone use policy, which the inventory cites as policy 341 but does not reproduce.

What drones are

An unmanned aircraft carrying a camera, flown by a public agency. Where a state classes drones as military equipment, as California does, a public policy and a governing-body vote are required before an agency uses one.

How they work, why agencies buy them, and every county we have documented →

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 not yet confirmed where each of them meets in Contra Costa County.

Go to the Contra Costa County hub →

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 ↗