Who flies surveillance drones in Nez Perce 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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Payment registers carry an FPV drone with camera, a DJI Avata 2 charging hub, an iPad case for the SWAT drone iPad, and a drone pilot instructor course and test.
What we do not know
What else the check register bought [Lewiston Police]
- What is in the annual Officer Safety Plan the city renews for $104,090.48, and when was it signed?
- How many drones does the department fly, and is there a written policy for their use?
- Where does the mobile camera trailer get deployed, and who decides?
- What rules govern a phone extraction, and how long is the extracted data kept?
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 Nez Perce County and how public comment works there.
How to show up in Nez Perce 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 ↗