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Who flies surveillance drones in Clark County?

What we do not know

Clark County Sheriff

  • Whether the 2017 policy has been updated since the unit's own 2023 call for it, and the renewed FAA authorization; both in the drafted records request.
  • The full fleet inventory and cost, which the report's narrative implies but does not table.
  • The retention and access rules for drone footage inside the Axon evidence system, where it shares a platform with body camera video.

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 Clark County.

Go to the Clark 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 ↗