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San Diego 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 San Diego Police Department
Location San Diego, CA
Technology Drones
Vendor Aardvark, Acecore Technologies, Brinc, DJI, Fotokite, Parrot, Shield A.I., Skydio, Teledyne

The San Diego Police Department operated 29 drones as of 2023.

Links
Annual report (San Diego 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