Publisher: Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office (Sheriff L. Shane Nelson)
Date Published: Effective Feb. 21, 2017; review date Oct. 26, 2026
Relevant To: Local Deschutes County surveillance policy tracking
Verification Status: Verified
Notes: Full 3-page policy (5.51) governing DCSO drone use. Requires warrant, exigent circumstances, written consent, search-and-rescue, emergency, gubernatorial state of emergency, crime-scene reconstruction, or training purposes — citing ORS 837.320/330/335/340/345. Explicitly prohibits: random surveillance, targeting based on protected characteristics (race, ethnicity, religion, disability, gender, sexual orientation), harassment/intimidation, personal use, and weaponization (ORS 837.365). Requires an annual public report to the Oregon Department of Aviation by Jan. 31 each year, and that the Special Services Lieutenant publish policies/procedures including the text of ORS 192.501 on the Sheriff’s website. Directly useful primary-source document for BPA’s Deschutes County surveillance-technology tracking, comparable in structure to the ALPR/Flock policy work already underway.