Members of Phoenix’s Public Safety and Justice Subcommittee urged a more detailed policy be laid out to ensure protection of residents’ privacy before police and fire begin use of drone cameras next month.
The conversation around privacy centered on police, rather than fire or parks. That is primarily because police will have more reason to video or photograph people.
The fire department will use drones for things like monitoring the spread of wildfires or to get a thermal reading on structure fires to tell where hotspots are. Parks will use the drones for things like locating trash or invasive species of plants in preserves or to see whether a trail needs repair.
