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Riverside County Sheriff's 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 Riverside County Sheriff's Department
Location Riverside, CA
Technology Drones
Vendor DJI, Loki

The Riverside County Sheriff's Department operated 29 drones as of 2023.

Links
Government information (County of Riverside)
Government information (Riverside County Sheriff's Department)
Academic report (Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College)
Other (abc7.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