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Kane County Sheriff's Office: 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 Kane County Sheriff's Office
Location Geneva, IL
Technology Drones
Vendor Yuneec

The Kane County Sheriff's Office has purchased eight drones, according to the 2022 Illinois Freedom from Drome Surveillance Act Report

Links
Government information (State of Illinois)
Academic report (Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College)
Other (www.icjia.state.il.us)

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