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ORWELL INDEX

Who flies surveillance drones in Inyo County?

What we do not know

Inyo County Sheriff

  • What the aircraft are and what they carry. The report gives counts and uses, not specifications.
  • What the annual reports for years after 2023-2024 say.
  • Where the aircraft are based, and whether any flight is ever made public in advance.

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 Inyo County.

Go to the Inyo 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 ↗