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Farmers Branch 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 Farmers Branch Police Department
Location Farmers Branch, TX
Technology Drones
Vendor

The Farmer's Branch Police Department purchased $40,000 worth of drones in 2018-2019 and $5,854 in 2019-2020.

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