Fort Worth Police Department: Drones
An example of a DJI police drone.
Credit: Dublin Police Department, OH
| Agency | Fort Worth Police Department |
| Location | Fort Worth, TX |
| Technology | Drones |
| Vendor | Axon |
The Fort Worth Police Department was using drones mostly for missing persons cases, but in 2020 it began deploying drones during the COVID-19 pandemic to enforcement social distancing, particularly with the city's homeless population.
Links
News article (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
News article (Fort Worth Report)
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.
An example of a DJI police drone.
Credit: Dublin Police Department, OH