Hoover Police Department: Drones
![A police officer uses a remote control to fly a drone.](https://atlasofsurveillance.org/files/technologies/14/dpd4_drone_600x600.jpg)
An example of a DJI police drone.
Credit: Dublin Police Department, OH
Agency | Hoover Police Department |
Location | Hoover, AL |
Technology | Drones |
Vendor | DJI |
The Hoover Police Department operated drones as of 2016.
Links
News article (WBRC)
Social media (Hoover Police Department)
Academic report (Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College)
Other (hooversun.com)
Other (www.wbrc.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.
![A police officer uses a remote control to fly a drone.](https://atlasofsurveillance.org/files/technologies/14/dpd4_drone_600x600.jpg)
An example of a DJI police drone.
Credit: Dublin Police Department, OH