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Butte 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 Butte County Sheriff's Office
Location Oroville, CA
Technology Drones
Vendor Brinc, Autel

According to the Butte County Sheriff's 2022 military equipiment report, it operates two Brinc drones and planned to acquire two Autel drones.

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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