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Bend 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 Bend Police Department
Location Bend, OR
Technology Drones
Vendor Autel, DJI

The Bend Police Department has been operating 15 drones since 2022.

Links
News article (KTVZ)
Other (www.faa.gov)
Other (www.bendbulletin.com)
Public records (Oregon Department of Aviation)
Government information (Bend Police Department)
Government data (Bend Police Department)
Other (cdn.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