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Oakland 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 Oakland Police Department
Location Oakland, CA
Technology Drones
Vendor

The Oakland Police Department uses drones. The agency received an $80,000 in private donations to purchase unmanned aerial vehicles in March 2022.

Links
News article (San Francisco Chronicle)
News article (Oakland Side)
News article (CBS News)
Other (www.oaklandca.gov)
Other (public.powerdms.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