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Rainbow City 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 Rainbow City Police Department
Location Rainbow City, AL
Technology Drones
Vendor

The Rainbow City Police Department received a $40,000 homeland security grant, which was partly used to purchase a drone, in 2021.

Links
News article (WBRC)
Academic report (Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College)
Other (www.gadsdentimes.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