Santa Monica Police Department: Drones
![A police officer uses a remote control to fly a drone.](https://atlasofsurveillance.org/files/technologies/14/dpd4_drone_600x600.jpg)
An example of a DJI police drone.
Credit: Dublin Police Department, OH
Agency | Santa Monica Police Department |
Location | Santa Monica, CA |
Technology | Drones |
Vendor |
The Santa Monica Police Department operates a Drone as First Responder (DFR) program.
Links
News article (Fox News)
Annual report (Santa Monica Police Department)
Academic report (Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College)
Other (www.faa.gov)
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.](https://atlasofsurveillance.org/files/technologies/14/dpd4_drone_600x600.jpg)
An example of a DJI police drone.
Credit: Dublin Police Department, OH