Who flies surveillance drones in Mariposa County?
What we do not know
Mariposa County District Attorney
- What model does the office operate, when was it acquired, and what did it cost?
- Where are the annual reports promised during the 2022 hearings?
- What do flight logs show about missions, duration, assistance to other agencies, and retained imagery?
- Which policy sets privacy, access, sharing, audit, and retention rules?
Mariposa County Sheriff
- Which listed aircraft remain operational, and how many Matrice 30T units are in service?
- Where are the annual military-equipment reports after the 2024 hearing?
- How often are the aircraft flown, for which mission categories, and which agencies receive assistance?
- What retention schedule applies to imagery, and how are access, sharing, audit, and deletion handled?
- How does the office notify the public of deployments under Policy 606?
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 Mariposa County.
Go to the Mariposa 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 ↗