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Aurora 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 Aurora Police Department
Location Aurora, IL
Technology Drones
Vendor DJI

The Aurora Police Department has purchased three drones, according to the 2022 Illinois Freedom from Drome Surveillance Act Report

Links
Government information (State of Illinois)
Academic report (Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College)
Other (www.chicagotribune.com)
Other (www.icjia.state.il.us)

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