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ORWELL INDEX

Who flies surveillance drones in Napa County?

What we do not know

Napa County Sheriff

  • The number and models of aircraft, which the posted inventory section does not list.
  • Whether the annual summary of operations that Policy 606 describes has been published.
  • How many flights the office has run, and for what purposes.
  • Whether the office publishes the annual military equipment report Policy 704 requires.

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 Napa County.

Go to the Napa 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 ↗