Alabaster Police Department: Drones
![A police officer uses a remote control to fly a drone.](https://atlasofsurveillance.org/files/technologies/14/dpd4_drone_600x600.jpg)
An example of a DJI police drone.
Credit: Dublin Police Department, OH
Agency | Alabaster Police Department |
Location | Alabaster, AL |
Technology | Drones |
Vendor | DJI |
The Alabaster Police Department purchased two DJI Mavic 2 drones in 2022.
Links
Government information (City of Alabaster)
News article (WBRC)
Academic report (Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College)
Other (www.shelbycountyreporter.com)
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.
![A police officer uses a remote control to fly a drone.](https://atlasofsurveillance.org/files/technologies/14/dpd4_drone_600x600.jpg)
An example of a DJI police drone.
Credit: Dublin Police Department, OH