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Roane County Sheriff’s 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 Roane County Sheriff’s Department
Location Kingston, TN
Technology Drones
Vendor

The Roane County Sheriff’s Department has been using a drone since 2019.

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