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Miami Beach Police Department: 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 Miami Beach Police Department
Location Miami Beach, FL
Technology Drones
Vendor

The Miami Beach Police Department was able to get around Florida's strict laws on police use of drones by attaching a camera to a blimp in 2019.

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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