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El Dorado 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 El Dorado County Sheriff's Office
Location Placerville, CA
Technology Drones
Vendor DJI

The El Dorado County Sheriff's Office operated 13 DJI drones as of 2022.

Links
Annual report (El Dorado County Sheriff's Office)
Academic report (Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College)
Other (www.folsomtelegraph.com)
Other (www.usatoday.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