Law Enforcement Drone Flight Log

Los Altos Police Department, CA

current   Collected Sep 4, 2026.
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This agency publishes the same program in more than one place, and the platforms do not agree about what a flight is called. Flights that appear on two of them are matched by date and takeoff time and counted once. The figures below are the merged record.

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Showing the 20 most-used purposes. 26 rarer ones are not listed — search for them in the flight table below.
445
Reported flights
71.9
Reported flight hours
11
Median minutes
44
Flights, last 30 days
4
Days since last published flight
66.3%
With case number

Flights per month

When it flies — flight count by weekday and hour (UTC)

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FewestMost — 15 flights

Flight length (minutes)

Durations are recorded on 395 of 445 flights; this chart covers those.

15 most common stated purposes

Blank entries appear as “Not stated”. Each agency writes its own labels, so they mean different things at different departments.

15 most common event descriptions

What the flight was sent to, recorded on 27 of 445 flights.

All published flights

Showing the 120 most recent of 445 flights. Search, sort or page for the rest.Download CSV
Date ▼Local timeMinutesStated purposeCase / item #Description
Aug 31, 202602:557.5Commercial Alarm2608300272
Aug 29, 202600:1616Residential Alarm2608280223
Aug 28, 202604:486.7Commercial Alarm2608270402
Aug 27, 202618:308.8Welfare Check2608270154
Aug 27, 202616:239.5Stolen Vehicle26-0785
Aug 27, 202613:5815Stolen Vehicle2608270043
Aug 27, 202613:570.7Stolen Vehicle2608270043
Aug 27, 202605:1115Welfare Check2608260427
Aug 26, 202617:0114Collision Investigation26-0779
Aug 25, 202619:108.2City Infrastructure Inspection
Aug 24, 202619:261.0
Aug 24, 202619:202.4Vehicle Stop2608240173
Aug 23, 202606:0612Residential Alarm2608220346
Aug 23, 202602:0415Suspicious Person2608220264
Aug 23, 202600:0415Suspicious Vehicle2608210232
Aug 22, 202623:5718Suspicious Vehicle2608220232
Aug 22, 202618:268.2Training Flight
Aug 22, 202604:4610Disturbance2608210372
Aug 22, 202604:045.0Vehicle Stop2608210350
Aug 22, 202603:3714Disturbance2608210344
Aug 22, 202603:2312Welfare Check2608210341
Aug 22, 202603:1111Suspicious Circumstance2608210338
Aug 21, 202623:408.1Commercial Alarm2608210272
Aug 20, 202618:223.0Training Flight
Aug 20, 202605:215.7Suspicious Circumstance2608190445
Aug 19, 202617:2111Robbery26-0749
Aug 17, 202619:3517Trespassing2608170184
Aug 14, 202602:259.7Residential Alarm2608130327
Aug 13, 202622:5016Missing Vehicle2608130255
Aug 13, 202618:4311Missing Vehicle2608130139
Aug 13, 202600:119.2Residential Alarm2608120297
Aug 12, 202617:1815Residential Alarm2608120099
Aug 12, 202613:0216Commercial Alarm2608120031
Aug 11, 202622:386.5Suspicious Person202608110246
Aug 11, 202619:578.1Residential Alarm202608110161
Aug 8, 202621:149.2Missing Vehicle192
Aug 8, 202616:2812Crime in Progress26-0706
Aug 8, 202616:137.4Crime in Progress26-0706
Aug 8, 202615:5813Crime in Progress26-0706
Aug 8, 202615:3918Crime in Progress26-0706
Aug 8, 202605:521.5Training Flight
Aug 8, 202605:3714Suspicious Circumstance414
Aug 6, 202617:4913Suspicious Vehicle2608060092
Aug 5, 202616:1613Welfare Check2608050087
Aug 4, 202602:30—Public Demo for National Night OutHillview Ave
Aug 4, 202601:23—Public Demo for National Night OutHillview Ave
Aug 4, 202623:2116Outside Agency Assist26-03084
Jul 31, 202621:0110Collision Investigation26-0684
Jul 31, 202620:3313Collision Investigation26-0684
Jul 31, 202614:354.2Training Flight
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