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National City 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 National City Police Department
Location National City, CA
Technology Drones
Vendor DJI, Sky-Hero

The National City Police Department operated four drones as of 2023.

Links
Annual report (National City Police Department)
Academic report (Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College)
Other (fox5sandiego.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