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Salt River 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 Salt River Police Department
Location Salt River, AZ
Technology Drones
Vendor DJI, Yuneec

The Salt River Police Department operated drones as of 2020.

Links
News article (Arizona Mirror)
Academic report (Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College)
Other (registry.faa.gov)
Other (registry.faa.gov)

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