Council adopts drone-transparency ordinance requiring public dashboard and monthly reports

Aug 5, 2026

The council adopted an ordinance to require public-facing reporting on NOPD drone uses, monthly reports to council and quarterly committee review; amendment added reporting by other agencies and supervising-officer identity.

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The City Council adopted an ordinance creating a public-facing dashboard and reporting requirements for police drone deployments. The measure requires NOPD to submit monthly transparency reports to the full council, appear quarterly before the Criminal Justice Committee, and populate a publicly accessible dashboard of drone use and deployments.

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