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Placer 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 Placer County Sheriff's Office
Location Auburn, CA
Technology Drones
Vendor DJI

The Placer County Sheriff's Office operated one DJI drone as of 2024.

Links
Other (www.placer.ca.gov)
Annual report (Placer County District Attorney)
Academic report (Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College)

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