The Tempe Police Department recently released video from its DJI Phantom Pro 4 drone that it used to surveil protesters over the weekend, but the agency isn’t the only law enforcement in the state with the technology.
A review of Federal Aviation Administration records shows that nine different Arizona agencies, including some fire departments, have drones at their disposal.
Only a few agencies have provided Arizona Mirror their guidelines on the use of drones, and public records requests for policy guidelines for most agencies are still outstanding.
The drones used by local law enforcement are not the kind most people may be familiar with. The word often conjures up images of the wars in the Middle East and Afghanistan, and the large Predator drone used by the United States Air Force.
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