Austin 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 | Austin Police Department |
Location | Austin, MN |
Technology | Drones |
Vendor |
The Austin Police Department spent $3,772 on its unmanned aerial vehicle program in 2023 and flew a drone 11 times without a warrant that year.
Links
Annual report (Minnesota Department of Public Safety)
Government information (Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension)
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