Who flies surveillance drones in Solano County?
- Active Drones
- Agency
- Solano County Sheriff's Office
- Vendor
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- Devices
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| System | Agency | Vendor | Status | Devices |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drones | Solano County Sheriff's Office | — | Active | — |
What we do not know
Solano County Sheriff
- The office's drone use policy, which we did not retrieve on this pass.
- How many flights have been made and for what purposes.
- Why the inventory appendix and the fiscal appendix cover different twelve-month periods.
- Whether the annual community engagement meeting state law requires has been held, and when.
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 Solano County.
Go to the Solano 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 ↗