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Colchester 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 Colchester Police Department
Location Colchester, CT
Technology Drones
Vendor

The Colchester Police Department began implementing drones in October 2020.

Links
Meeting documents (Town of Colchester Police Commission)

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