Tempe Police Department: Drones
Agency | Tempe Police Department |
Location | Tempe, AZ |
Technology | Drones |
Vendor | DJI |
The Tempe Police Department operates a drone program, which costs $175,000 a year. It includes at least one DJI Phantom Pro 4 drone.
Links
News article (Vice)
News article (AZ Mirror)
Annual report (City of Tempe)
More about this technology
Drones are also known as unmanned aerial vehicles. Police remotely control these devices to surveil crowds from above or locations that would otherwise be difficult or dangerous to observe by a human on the ground.