Niles Police Department: 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	Niles Police Department
Location	Niles, IL
Technology	Drones
Vendor	Transcend Robotics

The Niles Police Department purchased a $9,900 drone in December 2020.

Links
News article (Journal and Topics)
Public records (Village of Niles)

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.