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Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles Police Department
Location Los Angeles, CA
Technology Drones
Vendor Skydio

The Los Angeles Police Department launched the Drone as First Responder pilot program in June 2025.

Links
News article (The LA Local)
Academic report (Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College)
Other (www.latimes.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