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Who runs surveillance cameras in Lemhi County?

Also listed here because the record shows it

These systems are documented primarily as something else. They appear here because a cited record shows the deployment also does this.

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What we do not know

Cameras at Lemhi County's transfer sites

  • Which transfer sites have cameras, and how many are there?
  • Who supplied the 2021 cameras and what did they cost?
  • Who can view the recordings, and how long are they kept?
  • Has the Board acted on the K12 Tech proposal?
  • Are the recordings used for anything other than illegal dumping, and has any of it been handed to the Sheriff's Office?

Lemhi County Sheriff

  • What does the Homeland Security letter say, and which standard did the jail's camera system stop meeting?
  • Did the county buy a replacement, from whom, for how much, and on what term?
  • What do the jail and courthouse cameras record, and how long is the recording kept?
  • Who is allowed to view the recordings, and is there a written rule?

The Lemhi County Sheriff's camera grant [Lemhi County Sheriff and Salmon Police]

  • Which grant program is the $400,000 application to, and has it been filed or awarded?
  • Which vendor was chosen, and what does the quote cover?
  • Who would own the equipment at the end of the grant, and what would the county pay to keep it running?
  • What policy will govern when the cameras record, who may view the footage, and how long it is kept?
  • Does the package's prosecutor video management component hold anything beyond the cameras' own footage?

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 Lemhi County and how public comment works there.

How to show up in Lemhi 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 ↗