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Lake County reviews draft drone policy for cannabis code enforcement; no vote taken
Summary
Lake County Community Development presented a three-part draft drone usage policy for cannabis code enforcement, describing intended uses, privacy safeguards and training; supervisors asked for clearer purpose language and an annual usage report. No formal action was taken.
Myriah Turner, Lake County community development director, presented a three-part draft drone usage policy intended to support cannabis code enforcement, saying the county plans to use drones primarily to gather evidence to obtain inspection warrants and to improve staff safety and efficiency.
"We have developed a 3 part policy. The first policy is a policy on inspection warrants... And then policy 2 is a drone operations policy... And the 3rd policy is a records retention policy," Turner said, describing policies that cover warrant procedures, step-by-step operational roles, and how footage will be stored and redacted.
Turner and a Community Development staff member known in the meeting as Marcus said the program grew from earlier use of satellite imagery under a memorandum of understanding with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and additional funding from Proposition 64 cohort 3 for cannabis code enforcement. Marcus said four…
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