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Otter Tail County Sheriff's Office: 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 Otter Tail County Sheriff's Office
Location Fergus Falls, MN
Technology Drones
Vendor

The Otter Tail County Sheriff's Office spent $3,500 on its unmanned aerial vehicle program and flew a drone 25 times without a warrant in 2023.

Links
Annual report (Minnesota Department of Public Safety)
Annual report (Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension)
Academic report (Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College)
Other (pelicanrapidspress.com)
Other (www.perhamfocus.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