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Las Cruces 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 Las Cruces Police Department
Location Las Cruces, NM
Technology Drones
Vendor

The Las Cruces Police Department has used drones since at least 2019 and launched a drone as first responder program in 2025.

Links
News article (Las Cruces Sun-News)
Social media (Las Cruces Police Department Facebook)
Social media (Las Cruces Police Department Facebook)

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