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  4. January 2026
  5. 12

Elk Grove, California · one day

Monday 12 January 2026

21 drone flights from Elk Grove Police Department's published record.

21

drone flights over Elk Grove that day.

12:06 am

first takeoff; the last was at 9:44 pm.

14 min

median flight. Half were shorter.

Elk Grove police drones flew 21 times on Monday 12 January 2026, the first at 12:06 am and the last at 9:44 pm PST, by Elk Grove Police Department's published record.

21 drawable flights of 21. Each path is the whole flight, simplified; a flight with a sensitive stated purpose is drawn as an area.
One flight, takeoff to landingSensitive-purpose flight, as an area

Hour by hour

Takeoffs by hour, PST.

12a1a2a3a4a5a6a7a8a9a10a11a12p1p2p3p4p5p6p7p8p9p10p11p

Why, in the agency's words

  1. Not stated86%
  2. Other14%

Flights, in order

21 flights. Those in the latest full month link to their own page; a flight with a sensitive stated purpose has no page of its own.

Takeoff (PST)PurposeAirborneFlight
12:06 amOther16 minEGPD-260
2:14 pmNot stated16 minEGPD-260
2:34 pmNot stated6 minEGPD-260
2:50 pmNot stated1 min 48 sEGPD-260
2:51 pmNot stated5 minEGPD-260
3:10 pmOther16 minEGPD-260
3:30 pmNot stated14 minEGPD-260
3:42 pmOther10 minEGPD-260
3:52 pmNot stated18 minEGPD-260
4:11 pmNot stated14 minEGPD-260
4:29 pmNot stated10 minEGPD-260
5:14 pmNot stated1 min 12 sEGPD-260
5:14 pmNot stated19 minEGPD-260
5:57 pmNot stated14 minEGPD-260
6:06 pmNot stated8 minEGPD-260
7:40 pmNot stated10 minEGPD-260
8:00 pmNot stated9 minEGPD-260
8:06 pmNot stated15 minEGPD-260
8:32 pmNot stated15 minEGPD-260
9:23 pmNot stated18 minEGPD-260
9:44 pmNot stated9 minEGPD-260

How this page is made

  • Every flight in the agency's published record is counted and listed; drawn paths are the whole flight, takeoff to landing.
  • The record's free-text description is never read into a page. A flight whose stated purpose names a domestic, sexual-assault, kidnapping, welfare, mental-health or juvenile matter is listed like any other but drawn as a generalised area, not a path.
  • Operators are the agency's own accounts in the record, numbered within the agency in order of first flight; no name or address is read into a page.
  • Purposes are the agency's own words, grouped into classes by a fixed list of terms; unmatched values are "Other" and blank ones "Not stated".
  • Times are shown on the agency's own local clock.
  • A day is the agency's local calendar day of takeoff.

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