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Cranford 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 Cranford Police Department
Location Cranford, NJ
Technology Drones
Vendor DJI

The Cranford Police Department purchased three drones (the DJI Mini 2, DJI Mavic Enterprise Advanced, and DJI Mavic Enterprise Dual) for use in various missions.

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Drones are also known as unmanned aerial vehicles. Police remotely control these devices to surveil crowds from above or locations that would otherwise be difficult or dangerous to observe by a human on the ground.

A police officer uses a remote control to fly a drone.
An example of a DJI police drone.
Credit: Dublin Police Department, OH