Alameda County Sheriff's Office: Drones
Agency | Alameda County Sheriff's Office |
Location | Oakland, CA |
Technology | Drones |
Vendor | Aircover, DJI, Aeryon |
The Alameda County Sheriff's Office’s Office operates 10 drones as of 2014, according to data compiled by the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College.
Links
Academic report (Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College)
Other (arstechnica.com)
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.