Irvine 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 | Irvine Police Department |
Location | Irvine, CA |
Technology | Drones |
Vendor | DJI |
The Irvine Police Department operates a Drone as First Responder (DFR) program.
Links
News article (The Orange County Register)
Academic report (Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College)
Annual report (City of Irvine)
Other (voiceofoc.org)
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