Who flies surveillance drones in Nevada County?
What we do not know
Nevada County Sheriff
- The 2024 Board item approving the program and the purchase record.
- Whether the Avata acquisition came before the Board in 2026.
- Flight logs and deployments by type.
Truckee Police
- Deployment counts by type and the replacement plan for the end-of-life aircraft.
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 Nevada County.
Go to the Nevada 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 ↗