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St. Johns County Sheriff's Office: 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 St. Johns County Sheriff's Office
Location St. Augustine, FL
Technology Drones
Vendor

The St. Johns County Sheriff's Office started a drone program in 2020 and has 10 drones as of 2021.

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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