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North Richland Hills 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 North Richland Hills Police Department
Location North Richland Hills, TX
Technology Drones
Vendor DJI

The North Richland Hills Police Department operates two DJI drones as of 2018, according to data compiled by the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College.

More about this technology

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