Canyon County · Idaho
Caldwell
This page collects what we have documented for the City of Caldwell, the Canyon County seat and the seat of the county’s Board of County Commissioners. The Caldwell Police Department is the city’s own law enforcement agency, and it publishes its automated license plate reader policy and its drone policy on the city website.
On record, Caldwell
- Systems documented
- 3
- Operating now
- 3
- Devices counted at the county level
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Devices mapped inside the city are not separated from the county map yet. See the Canyon County map. A system run jointly with an agency outside the city counts here because one of its operators is based in the city.
Agencies
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Caldwell Police Department
City of Caldwell
3 systems documented, listed by technology below.
By technology
In January 2026 the Caldwell Police Department launched what the city called the first drone as first responder program in Idaho: three Skydio X10 drones with thermal cameras, in docks placed so that most 911 calls can be reached in under two minutes.
The Caldwell Police Department runs Flock Safety plate readers and is the one agency in Canyon County that publishes its policy for them. The policy says reasonable suspicion or probable cause is not required to use the system, and that the data is not open to public review.
other
Canyon County, Caldwell and Nampa share the cost of Cellebrite software that unlocks and extracts seized phones, and a server to archive what comes off them. The Sheriff's Office pitched it in 2023 as a way to build a database of phones the agencies could cross-check.
What you can do
Civic action
Show up
The Caldwell city council decides for city departments like the police, at public meetings any resident can attend and speak at. Other agencies based in Caldwell, such as a school district, answer to their own elected boards. We have confirmed where these bodies meet and how public comment works at each one.
How to show up in Canyon County →Personal protection
Protect yourself
Each technology page explains what the system records and what reduces your exposure to it: Drones, License plate readers.
Drones →