Suffolk County Police Department: Drones
Agency | Suffolk County Police Department |
Location | Yaphank, NY |
Technology | Drones |
Vendor | DJI |
The Suffolk County Police Department has five drones, according to a 2022 report from the New York Civil Liberties Union.
Links
Nonprofit Report (ACLU of New York)
Academic report (Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College)
Other (newyork.cbslocal.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.