Houston 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	Houston Police Department
Location	Houston, TX
Technology	Drones
Vendor

The Houston Police Department has used drones.

Links
Video (Youtube | News agency is KHOU) [snapshot]
Academic report (University of Texas ) [snapshot]

More about this technology

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.