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Sonoma 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 Sonoma County Sheriff's Office
Location Santa Rosa, CA
Technology Drones
Vendor DJI, Loki, Parrot

The Sonoma County Sheriff's Office operated 13 drones as of 2023.

Links
Annual report (Sonoma County Sheriff's Office)
Academic report (Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College)
Other (www.pressdemocrat.com)

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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