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Who uses body cameras in Pacific County?

What we do not know

Pacific County Sheriff

  • Whether the Sheriff's Office has the body camera policy RCW 10.109 requires, and what it says about retention, redaction and release.
  • What the county charges a resident for body camera footage, and how long a request takes.
  • What is in the 229 documents in this window that carry no text layer.
  • Whether the 2019 waterproof Splash drone is still in service and whether the larger warrant-service aircraft the Sheriff discussed was ever bought.

What body cameras are

A camera worn by an officer, recording encounters with the public. What it captures, how long the footage is kept and who may watch it are set by department policy rather than by one statewide rule.

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 Pacific County.

Go to the Pacific 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 ↗