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ORWELL INDEX

Who flies surveillance drones in Canyon County?

What we do not know

Caldwell Police

  • What the program cost, who approved it, and at which meeting.
  • How many flights have been made, to what kinds of call, and with what result.
  • How long drone footage is kept, and who may view it.
  • Where the docks are.
  • Whether the program coordinator's required protocols, including the protocol for documenting time spent monitoring a subject, have been written and whether they are public.

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

How to show up in Canyon 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 ↗