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Owensboro Police Department

Drone program records for Owensboro. Each fact keeps its source and checked date.

Written rules describe policy, not proof that every operation follows it. Reported equipment totals and mapped source locations have different scopes. A launch facility is not a drone count or a flight track.

Program status reported by the source

The 2025 annual report describes an Unmanned Aircraft Systems Unit supporting investigations, disaster response and high-risk incidents, including active-shooter and hazardous-materials responses.

Source section PDF page 16, Specialty Units. Checked 2026-10-24.

What the public record establishes

The report describes gathering real-time aerial video and photographs. It does not establish a current fleet inventory, flight frequency, a Drone as First Responder deployment or a launch date.

Source section PDF page 16; report year 2025. Checked 2026-10-24.

Technology named in the source

Unmanned aircraft systems (UAS)

Source section PDF page 16. Checked 2026-10-24.

Separate technology program records

Eye on Owensboro separately registers residents' and businesses' contact information, camera type and physical location. The city says police cannot view private cameras through this registry; officers may contact nearby owners and request a video copy after a criminal incident. This is a location registry description, not a verified live-feed integration, plate-reader program or count of police-owned cameras. Participation totals and data-retention rules were not verified.

Source. Checked 2026-10-24.

Details not yet verified

Drone vendors, Reported drones, Data retention, Access and oversight, Recording rules, Operational partners, Named data-sharing partners, Contract value, Contract start date, Contract end date. No value is inferred from a county map count or another agency's policy.

Source documents

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Daviess County camera guide. The county map includes source points from multiple operators. It is not this agency's inventory.

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