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Howard 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 Howard County Sheriff's Office
Location Kokomo, IN
Technology Drones
Vendor

The Howard County Sheriff's Office has been using drones since 2012. As of December 2022, the agency had four drones.

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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