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Long 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 Long Beach Police Department
Location Long Beach, CA
Technology Drones
Vendor DJI, Sky-Hero

The Long Beach Police Department operated five drones as of 2024.

Links
Annual report (Long Beach Police Department)
Academic report (Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College)
Other (www.MuckRock.com)

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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