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Montgomery County 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 Montgomery County Police Department
Location Gaithersburg, MD
Technology Drones
Vendor

The Montgomery County Police Department launched a Drone as First Responder (DFR) program in 2023.

Links
Government information (Montgomery County Police Department)
Academic report (Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College)
Other (www.faa.gov)

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