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Amherst County Sheriff's Office: 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 Amherst County Sheriff's Office
Location Amherst, VA
Technology Drones
Vendor DJI

The Amherst County Sheriff's Office operated two drones as of 2019.

Links
News article (WDBJ)
Academic report (Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College)
Other (www.wdbj7.com)

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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