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Loudoun 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 Loudoun County Sheriff's Office
Location Leesburg, VA
Technology Drones
Vendor Lockheed Martin

The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office operates one Lockheed Martin Indago drone as of 2017, 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