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Hoover 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 Hoover Police Department
Location Hoover, AL
Technology Drones
Vendor DJI

The Hoover Police Department operated drones as of 2016.

Links
News article (WBRC)
Social media (Hoover Police Department)
Academic report (Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College)
Other (hooversun.com)
Other (www.wbrc.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