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Pender 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 Pender County Sheriff's Office
Location Burgaw, NC
Technology Drones
Vendor Axon

The Pender County Sheriff's Office signed a five-year contract with Axon that includes body-worn cameras and 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