Placer County DA | Drones
The District Attorney's military equipment policy lists one DJI Inspire 2 for its Investigations Unit, alongside thirteen AR-15 rifles.
How it happened
- Context
Policy 706 stamp
The policy's equipment list under Government Code 7070(c)(1) reads "DJI Inspire 2 (Investigations Unit): Quantity 1." [1]
What the policy says
The District Attorney’s Policy 706 lists, under Government Code 7070(c)(1), “DJI Inspire 2 (Investigations Unit): Quantity 1,” an aircraft “capable of 23 minutes of flight time.” The same list includes “Daniel Defense DDM4 AR-15 Rifle (Investigations Unit): Quantity 13.” Drone use “will follow all state and federal laws, and PCDA policy 606.”[1]
What it does not establish
Policy 606 itself, flight logs and the annual report are not in the records we fetched.
Questions
- Does the District Attorney's Office fly a drone?
- Its military equipment policy lists one DJI Inspire 2 for the Investigations Unit. Flight logs and the annual report are not in any record we fetched. [1]
What we do not know
- Flight logs and the annual AB 481 report.
- The text of PCDA policy 606, which governs drone use.
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Surveillance Self-Defense →Sources
- 1. Placer County District Attorney's Office, Policy 706, Military Equipment · Primary document · · accessed · archived copy
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