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ORWELL INDEX

Who runs surveillance cameras in Bannock County?

What we do not know

Bannock County Sheriff

  • How many cameras were installed at each site, and what do they cover?
  • How long is the footage kept, and who may view it?
  • The bid specification in the county's own packet lists acceptable manufacturers for the video management system and the recorders. Which was installed?

Pocatello Police

  • Has the grant been awarded? Nothing in the records we read says so.
  • How many traffic cameras does the city operate through its Traffic Control Center, where are they, and who can see them now?
  • Would the crime center carry the plate reader network's feeds as well as the traffic cameras? The application names the Flock system as context and does not say.
  • What would the intelligence sharing hub share, and with whom? The application uses the phrase and does not define it.
  • Is there any policy governing a real time crime center, and would one be written before the room is built?

What camera networks are

Fixed and steerable cameras run by a public agency, often networked so footage from many locations can be watched or searched from one place.

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 confirmed where each of them meets in Bannock County and how public comment works there.

How to show up in Bannock County →

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 ↗