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Oswego County Sheriff's Office: 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 Oswego County Sheriff's Office
Location Oswego, NY
Technology Drones
Vendor Autel, DJI

The Oswego County Sheriff's Office has four drones, according to a 2022 report from the New York Civil Liberties Union.

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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