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ORWELL INDEX

Who flies surveillance drones in Lane County?

What we do not know

Lane County Sheriff

  • What the redactions cover. The office says operational information; the request asks.
  • The fleet, its costs, and the ORS 837.360 annual reports.

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 not yet confirmed where each of them meets in Lane County.

Go to the Lane County hub →

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 ↗