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Sacramento 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 Sacramento Police Department
Location Sacramento, CA
Technology Drones
Vendor DJI, Happymodel, Holybro, iFlight

The Sacramento Police Department operated 84 drones as of 2023.

Links
Annual report (City of Sacramento)
Academic report (Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College)
Other (www.abc10.com)

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