Washington County Sheriff's Office: 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 | Washington County Sheriff's Office |
Location | Fayetteville, AR |
Technology | Drones |
Vendor | DJI |
The Washington County Sheriff's Office operated drones as of 2023.
Links
News article (Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette)
Academic report (Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College)
Other (www.nwahomepage.com)
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