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Santa Cruz 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 Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office
Location Santa Cruz, CA
Technology Drones
Vendor DJI

The Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office operated 24 drones as of 2023.

Links
Annual report (Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office)
News article (The Pajaronian)
Academic report (Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College)
Other (www.scsheriff.com)
Other (www.facebook.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