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San Rafael, California · one day

Friday 30 October 2026

12 drone flights from San Rafael Police Department's published record.

12

drone flights over San Rafael that day.

9:33 am

first takeoff; the last was at 10:08 pm.

12 min

median flight. Half were shorter.

San Rafael police drones flew 12 times on Friday 30 October 2026, the first at 9:33 am and the last at 10:08 pm PDT, by San Rafael Police Department's published record.

12 drawable flights of 12. 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, PDT.

12a1a2a3a4a5a6a7a8a9a10a11a12p1p2p3p4p5p6p7p8p9p10p11p

Why, in the agency's words

  1. Other67%
  2. Not stated33%

Flights, in order

12 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 (PDT)PurposeAirborneFlight
9:33 amOther12 minSRPD-261
11:50 amOther10 minSRPD-261
12:01 pmOther11 minSRPD-261
12:38 pmOther5 minSRPD-261
2:08 pmOther28 minSRPD-261
2:35 pmOther24 minSRPD-261
2:56 pmNot stated11 minSRPD-261
5:42 pmNot stated21 minSRPD-261
7:22 pmNot stated12 minSRPD-261
8:43 pmNot stated17 minSRPD-261
10:01 pmOther1 min 48 sSRPD-261
10:08 pmOther21 minSRPD-261

How this page is made

  • Every flight in the agency's published record is counted and listed; drawn paths are the whole flight, simplified to 10 m.
  • 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 committed lookup table; unmatched values are "Other" and blank ones "Not stated".
  • Times are converted to the agency's clock through the IANA zone database, never a fixed offset.
  • A day is the agency's local calendar day of takeoff.

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