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Laguna Beach 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 Laguna Beach Police Department
Location Laguna Beach, CA
Technology Drones
Vendor DJI

The Laguna Beach Police Department operates three DJI drones as of 2018, according to data compiled by the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College.

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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