Sonoma County Sheriff's Office: Drones
![A police officer uses a remote control to fly a drone.](https://atlasofsurveillance.org/files/technologies/14/dpd4_drone_600x600.jpg)
An example of a DJI police drone.
Credit: Dublin Police Department, OH
Agency | Sonoma County Sheriff's Office |
Location | Santa Rosa, CA |
Technology | Drones |
Vendor | DJI, Loki, Parrot |
The Sonoma County Sheriff's Office operated 13 drones as of 2023.
Links
Annual report (Sonoma County Sheriff's Office)
Academic report (Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College)
Other (www.pressdemocrat.com)
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.
![A police officer uses a remote control to fly a drone.](https://atlasofsurveillance.org/files/technologies/14/dpd4_drone_600x600.jpg)
An example of a DJI police drone.
Credit: Dublin Police Department, OH