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Alabaster Police Department: Drones

A police officer uses a remote control to fly a drone.
An example of a DJI police drone.
Credit: Dublin Police Department, OH
Agency Alabaster Police Department
Location Alabaster, AL
Technology Drones
Vendor DJI

The Alabaster Police Department purchased two DJI Mavic 2 drones in 2022.

Links
Government information (City of Alabaster)
News article (WBRC)
Academic report (Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College)
Other (www.shelbycountyreporter.com)

More about this technology

Remote-controlled aerial vehicles that police use to gather footage from the sky.

A police officer uses a remote control to fly a drone.
An example of a DJI police drone.
Credit: Dublin Police Department, OH