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Santa Monica 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 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

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