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Palm Springs 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 Palm Springs Police Department
Location Palm Springs, FL
Technology Drones
Vendor

The Palm Springs Police Department purchased two drones in 2021.

Links
Meeting documents (Village of Palm Springs)

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.
An example of a DJI police drone.
Credit: Dublin Police Department, OH