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Vacaville 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 Vacaville Police Department
Location Vacaville, CA
Technology Drones
Vendor DJI

The Vacaville Police Department operated nine DJI drones as of 2022.

Links
Annual report (Vacaville Police Department)
Academic report (Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College)
Other (www.faa.gov)

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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