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Cannon River Drug and Violent Offender Task Force: 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 Cannon River Drug and Violent Offender Task Force
Location Northfield, MN
Technology Drones
Vendor

The Cannon River Drug and Violent Offender Task Force used a drone at least 15 times in 2023.

Links
Annual report (Minnesota Department of Public Safety)
Annual report (Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension)
Academic report (Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College)
Other (www.ci.faribault.mn.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