Olmsted County Sheriff's Office: Drones
Agency | Olmsted County Sheriff's Office |
Location | Rochester, MN |
Technology | Drones |
Vendor |
The Olmsted County Sheriff's Office spent $5,000 on its unmanned aerial vehicle program in 2023 and flew a drone 10 times without a warrant that year.
Links
Annual report (Minnesota Department of Public Safety)
Government information (Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension)
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.