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Did we turn Athens against police drones? Maybe. So what? – Athens County Independent

Athens City Council voted 5-2 against joining Ohio's state-paid drone program amid civil-liberty concerns and upfront $300,000 cost, adopting a policy with surveillance safeguards.

In the independent news world, we talk a lot about impact — how to define it, how to measure it, how to use it to inform our work and our revenue. Much of the Indy’s annual reader survey is dedicated to finding out whether and how readers use what they read from us to be more engaged in the community. So I have to thank Athens City Council member Alan Swank, 4th Ward, for crediting the Independent with turning city residents against a proposal t…

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athensindependent.com broke the news in on Thursday, February 19, 2026.
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