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Alameda 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 Alameda County Sheriff's Office
Location Oakland, CA
Technology Drones
Vendor Aircover, DJI, Aeryon

The Alameda County Sheriff's Office’s Office operated drones as of 2021.

Links
News article (Police1)
Government information (Alameda County Sheriff's Office)
Academic report (Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College)
Other (arstechnica.com)

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Remote-controlled aerial vehicles that police use to gather footage from the sky.

A police officer uses a remote control to fly a drone.
An example of a DJI police drone.
Credit: Dublin Police Department, OH