# EFF to San Francisco Police: Drones are Powerful Surveillance Tools That Require a Robust Policy

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- Publisher: Electronic Frontier Foundation
- Author credit: Beryl Lipton; Saira Hussain
- Category: Cyber
- Original publication time: 2026-09-28T20:30:00Z
- First observed by NexusTechWire: 2026-10-01T17:28:27Z
- Original source: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/09/eff-san-francisco-police-drones-are-powerful-surveillance-tools-require-robust
- NexusTechWire record: https://nexustechwire.com/news/news-25f71955497640b7a2dc

## The brief

EFF is urging San Francisco's Police Commission to strengthen proposed rules for police drones as their use expands. The organization argues that vague deployment criteria could enable broad surveillance and that the revised policy still lacks adequate safeguards. Its article says the commission is scheduled to consider the proposal on October 14.

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