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Santa Rosa 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 Santa Rosa Police Department
Location Santa Rosa, CA
Technology Drones
Vendor Autel Robotics, DJI, Loki, Fotokite

The Santa Rosa Police Department operated 16 drones as of 2023.

Links
Annual report (Santa Rosa Police Department)
Academic report (Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College)
Annual report (Santa Rosa Police Department)
Annual report (Santa Rosa Police Department)
Other (srcity.org)
Other (srcity.org)

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