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Oak Brook 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 Oak Brook Police Department
Location Oak Brook, IL
Technology Drones
Vendor Flock Safety

The Oak Brook Police Department began deploying a fully autonomous Flock Safety drone at a cost of $275,000 per year in August 2025.

Links
News article (ABC 7)
News article (Police 1)
Annual report (Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority)

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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