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Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension: 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 Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
Location Saint Paul, MN
Technology Drones
Vendor

The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension spent $170,000 on its unmanned aerial vehicle program in 2020. The agency flew a drone 3 times without a warrant that year.

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.
An example of a DJI police drone.
Credit: Dublin Police Department, OH