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Kern 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 Kern County Sheriff's Office
Location Bakersfield, CA
Technology Drones
Vendor DJI

The Kern County Sheriff's Office had 13 drones in 2023.

Links
Annual report (Kern County Sheriff's Office)
Academic report (Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College)
Other (www.faa.gov)
Other (www.MuckRock.com)

More about this technology

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