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Arizona Department of Public Safety: 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 Arizona Department of Public Safety
Location Phoenix, AZ
Technology Drones
Vendor Aeryon Labs, DJI

The Arizona Department of Public Safety owned an estimated 17 drones as of 2020.

Links
News article (Arizona Mirror)
Academic report (Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College)
registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=482AZ

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