Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College
Drones At Home
Public Safety Drones
By Dan Gettinger
Drones are no longer a novelty item among law
enforcement and public safety departments. The
same small unmanned aircraft systems that have
been popular among hobbyists and commercial
users are now sought after by a growing number of
agencies throughout the United States.
Our research suggests that at least 347 state and
local police, sheriff, fire, and emergency units have
acquired drones in the past several years. More
acquisitions took place in 2016 than in the previous
years combined, and the pace of acquisitions
shows no signs of slowing down. In a survey of
open source literature and public records, we have
assembled the most comprehensive, publicly-avail-
able account of law enforcement and public safety
departments that are reported to have acquired
drones.
Background
Between 2006 and 2014, a handful of public safety
departments explored using drones. One of the
first agencies to adopt the technology was the Los
Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. In 2006,
the LASD tested a fixed-wing drone called the
Octatron SkySeer. Departments in Gaston County,
North Carolina and Miami, Florida conducted
their own trials soon after. Most of the early
public safety drones were developed by small
companies and aimed at a specialized market.
Drone acquisitions by public safety departments
accelerated in 2014 with the introduction and
popularization of affordable, easy-to-use consumer
drones like the DJI Phantom.
Several organizations have sought to establish how
public safety departments might acquire drones,
and have developed best practices guidelines
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April 2017
Key Takeaways
• At least 347 state and local police,
sheriff, fire, and emergency units in the
U.S. have acquired drones.
• Local law enforcement departments lead
public safety drone acquisitions.
• Consumer drones are more common
among public safety units than
specialized professional drones.
for drone use in this sector. In August 2012, the
International Association of Chiefs of Police
released a set of recommended guidelines for
police departments seeking to acquire and use
drones. In March 2013, the U.S. Senate Judiciary
Committee held a hearing on the use of drones by
law enforcement and privacy considerations. In
November 2016, the Police Foundation released
a publication that examined case studies and
provided guidance to law enforcement departments.
In December, the International Fire Chiefs
Association published the “UAS Toolkit,” a guide
to policies and procedures for first responder
agencies seeking to acquire drones.
Drones flown by public safety departments are
considered by the Federal Aviation Administration
to be “public aircraft.” Prior to the implementation
Edited by Arthur Holland Michel. Erin
O’Leary, Elizabeth Fitzgerald, and Karin
Roslund provided editorial support.
Maggie Barnett, Isobel Coen, John
McKeon, Minsup Kim, Clara Levy, and
Dylan Sparks provided research support.
We would like to thank Adam Messer for
his kind support.
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of the Part 107 regulations for unmanned aircraft
systems, public safety departments had to apply
for a Certificate of Authorization (COA) which
required, among other things, that the drone
operator be a licensed pilot. Following the
implementation of Part 107 in August 2016, first
responders are able to operate drones either under
Part 107 or by obtaining a COA. Like private drone
Public Safety Drones
operators, public agencies are required to register
their drone and comply with FAA restrictions on
certain operations, such as nighttime or beyond
line-of-sight operations.
Previous Studies on Police Drones
In January 2012, the Electronic Frontier Foundation
filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the
Federal Aviation Administration for information
regarding drone operations in the United States. In
April 2012, the FAA released a list of organizations
that had received permission to operate drones,
including 13 state and local first responder
departments. In February 2013, the FAA released
an expanded list, which included 21 public safety
agencies. In November 2013, the EFF, Muckrock,
and Motherboard partnered to launch “The Drone
Census,” a two-year project that sought to use
Freedom of Information Act requests to understand
the extent to which law enforcement agencies were
acquiring and using drones.
Methodology
Our dataset is comprised of U.S. state and local
police, sheriff, fire, and emergency response units
that are reported to own drones. In addition to local
departments, the dataset includes drones owned
by city and county governments when it has been
reported that these drones were purchased for use
by first responder departments. The dataset also
includes statewide offices such as highway patrol
and fire marshals offices.
We did not include departments that are planning
on acquiring a drone in the future, nor did we
include departments that have borrowed drones
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from private users or other agencies. For example,
we did not include a number of reports regarding a
public agency using a drone when it was not clear
whether that drone belonged to the department or
to a member or local volunteer. The dataset does
not cover drones owned by federal agencies, such
as the Department of Homeland Security or by
civilian volunteer first responder groups.
Photo courtesy of Brenda Riskey, John D. Odegard School of
Aerospace, University of North Dakota.
Approximately two-thirds of this dataset is sourced
from media reports, while around one-third is
based on official records, including the Federal
Aviation Administration’s aircraft registry, city
and county government meeting minutes, FAA
333 exemptions, and Part 107 waivers. The date
for the FAA aircraft registry-sourced departments
reflects the date that the FAA issued a registration
certificate for the drone, which is not necessarily
the same year that the drone was acquired by the
department. For departments that have owned
multiple drones, the dataset reflects the date, make,
and model of their most recent acquisition.
Since it is based on publicly accessible records
only, this dataset should not be considered a
complete account of all the departments that are
currently using drones, nor of the departments that
have received permission from the FAA to operate
drones.
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Department Acquisitions By State
Findings
TX 28 SC 10 MA 6 KS 4
We found 347 U.S. police, sheriff, fire, and
emergency response units that have acquired drones CA 23 IL 9 MI 6 NJ 4
between 2009 and early 2017. AL 20 MN 9 OK 6 WA 4
WI 18 TN 9 OR 6 SD 3
Department Type OH 13 VA 9 UT 6 ME 2
Public Safety Drones

PA 13 IA 8 AZ 5 MD 2
Of the 347 first responder units in our dataset, 121
are sheriff’s offices, 96 are police departments, 69 GA 12 NC 8 CO 5 NV 2
are fire departments, 43 are other city or county LA 12 CT 7 DE 5 ND 2
government agencies, and 18 are statewide first NY 12 KY 7 ID 5 VT 1
responder departments. Some state and local FL 11 MO 7 MS 5 WY 1
governments in the list purchased drones to be used
by multiple first responder agencies. IN 11 AR 6 NE 5

Acquisitions By Department Type

Date of Acquisition
We determined the acquisition year for 327 out of
347 total departments. In 2016, 167 departments are
believed to have acquired drones. This was more
than all previous years combined and double the
number of acquisitions that occurred in 2015, when
82 departments acquired drones. The earliest agency
to have acquired a drone in our dataset is Mesa
County Sheriff’s Office in Colorado, which acquired a
Draganflyer X6 in 2009. As of March, 41 departments
are believed to have purchased drones in 2017.

Department Acquisitions By Year

Location
We found local first responder departments that
own drones in 323 localities across 43 states.
Of these, six localities had more than one first
responder department with drones. The 18
statewide agencies that own drones are spread
Number of Departments

across 17 states. The states with the most publicly

reported public safety drones are Texas and
California (28 and 23 departments, respectively).
The largest municipalities and counties with drones
are New York City, Los Angeles City, and Los
Angeles County. We found that a little less than
half of all known departments—154 out of 323—
were in localities with populations of fewer than
50,000 people.

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Top Models By Acquisition
Drones
We determined the drone make and model for DJI Phantom DJI Inspire
315 out of the 347 known departments. We found
35 different types of drones made by 23 drone 159 95
manufacturers. Drones made by DJI, the Chinese
manufacturer, were the most popular among Draganfly
DJI Matrice Draganflyer
agencies. Of the 315 departments for which we
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have drone type data, 252 have at least one DJI 11 9

drone. The second and third most common drone
manufacturers after DJI are Yuneec, with drones
operated by 15 known departments, and Draganfly Yuneec Q500
Innovations with 13 departments. 9
The most popular drone models among public
safety departments are the DJI Phantom and DJI
Inspire, with 159 and 95 departments owning
at least one of these drones. We found that 27
departments owned two or more different types of Example Use Cases
drones.
• The Noble County Sheriff in Indiana used a
drone to locate a suspect during a pursuit.
• The Toledo Police Department in Ohio used
Acquisitions By Manufacturer its drone to assist firefighters at a warehouse
fire.
DJI - 80% • The Cecil County Sheriff in Maryland used
a drone to find $400,000 worth of stolen
construction equipment.
• The Bossier Parish Sheriff in Louisiana used
a drone to locate three teenage runaways.
• The Rialto Fire Department in California
used a drone to identify illegal fireworks
displays during the Fourth of July holiday.
• The New York Fire Department used a drone
to obtain aerial images of a fire in a six-story
building.
• Police in Alton, Illinois used an Illinois State
Other Makes - 20%
Police drone to reconstruct the scene of a car
3DR Hoverfly accident involving a pedestrian.
Aerial Imaging Works Leptron Industrial Helicopters • The Town of Linn Police Department in
AeroVironment Lockheed Martin
Aeryon Labs MAXSUR
Wisconsin used a drone equipped with a
Aircover Integrated Solutions NMotion UAV thermal imaging sensor to locate the body of
American Drones Parrot a man.
Autel Robotics Physical Sciences Inc.
Century Helicopter Products Sentera
Draganfly Innovations Trimble
Dronium UAV Solutions
EasyStar Yuneec

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Analysis
The first responder drone acquisitions data
underscores the extent to which consumer drones
have outpaced high-end, specialized drones that
are marketed to public safety departments. This
finding contrasts with recent predictions about the
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civil U.S. drone market. In the March 2016 report
“Drones: Flying into the Mainstream,” analysts
at Goldman Sachs anticipated that high-end
commercial drone makers could find customers
in the police and first responder market. While
this may have been true in the early years of law
enforcement drone acquisitions, our research
suggests that most departments are choosing
recognizable brands like DJI that have typically
marketed their drones to consumers and hobbyists.
While we were unable to find reliable information
for the majority of the departments on the means
of acquisition, we did observe that 82 public safety
departments reportedly acquired a drone through
either a donation, grant, or special fund such as
civil forfeiture. Some of the donations have been
from organizations, such as Alabama’s Alzheimer’s
Outreach Group, who believe that drones could
be useful in aiding their causes. In other cases,
such as that of the Wrightsville Beach Fire and
New Hanover County Emergency Management
departments, the drones were provided by
manufacturers like DJI.
As with other video technologies such as
body-worn cameras, some law enforcement
drone acquisitions have been controversial. After
purchasing a pair of Draganflyer X6 drones in
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2012, the Seattle Police Department gave up
pursuing a drone program two years later due
to intense public pressure. Meanwhile, in Los
Angeles, an activist group called the Stop LAPD
Spying Coalition has stymied efforts by the Los
Angeles Police Department to use its drones.
And in Connecticut, the American Civil Liberties
Union objected to the acquisition of drones by the
Plainfield Police Department, noting that drones
provide law enforcement with unique capabilities
that are not possible with manned platforms like
helicopters. In these and other cases, objections
to law enforcement drones have focused on the
possibility that drones may be used to conduct
surveillance and on concerns that new technologies
may be abused.
Another concern is that the drones may one day
be armed with lethal or less than lethal weapons.
This issue was on display in 2015 when it was
widely reported that the North Dakota Legislative
Assembly had legalized armed police drones.
We did not observe any public safety department
that has equipped a drone with anything other
than cameras. That said, as unmanned systems
capabilities and technology advances, it will be
important to track how other payloads such as
emerging imaging sensors affect public safety
missions.
According to a 2017 Rasmussen poll, Americans
are largely divided on police drones, with 36
percent in favor and 39 percent against. In some
states and municipalities, law enforcement
departments are subject to restrictions on drone
acquisitions and operations. According to research
compiled by the National Conference of State
An aerial image from a Valparaiso Police Department drone.
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Legislatures, 18 states require law enforcement
to obtain a search warrant before using a drone
for surveillance or a search. We have found drone
acquisitions by law enforcement departments in 16
of these 18 states. Some states have other standards
for public agency drone use, such as reporting
requirements and data retention timelines.
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at night. According to the FAA’s online database,
it has granted six public safety departments special
waivers to operate at night as of late January 2017.
In addition to reported drone acquisitions, we
have also previously documented the acquisition
of unmanned ground vehicles by close to 300

public safety departments across the country.

As unmanned systems in the air and on the
ground continue to rise in popularity among first
responders, it will be important to track how and
when these emerging technologies are used, the
policies governing their use, and the implications
of further technological advances in unmanned
systems at large for public safety agencies and their
constituents.

Public Safety Departments with Drones

Photo courtesy of the Joshua Fire Department.
The full dataset is available on our website at
http://dronecenter.bard.edu/drones-at-home/.
Future studies of this issue would benefit from a
closer look at how departments are using drones.
Name State Make Model
As more and more departments acquire drones for a
Abilene Police Depart-
variety of public safety missions, the development ment
Texas DJI Phantom

and public release of departmental policies for Adams County Emer-

the use of drones will be a critical first step in fency Management Illinois DJI Phantom
Agency
understanding how this technology affects local Adams County Sheriff's
communities. Some departments, like California’s Office
Mississippi DJI Phantom

Chula Vista Police and the Chino Police, began Adams County Sheriff's
Washington DJI Inspire
Office
engaging and informing the community about
Adams County Sheriff's
public safety drones months ahead of when they Office
Wisconsin DJI Inspire
intended to acquire one. The publication of records QuadRotor
Alameda County Sher- Aircover,
such as flight logs could help provide the public iff’s Office
California
DJI
QR425,
Phantom
with concrete examples of how and when drones
Albemarle County
will be used by first responders. Sheriff's Office
Virginia

Allegheny County Pennsylvania DJI Inspire

Another question raised by this research is the Anaheim Fire and
California DJI
Phantom,
Rescue Inspire
status of the federal approval process for public
Anderson County Sher-
agencies seeking to acquire drones. It is not clear iff's Office
South Carolina DJI Phantom
from our research how many of the departments Anderson Police De-
California Yuneec Q500
that have acquired drones have received approval partment
from the FAA to fly them. Moreover, for those Anoka County Sheriff Minnesota
DJI, Physical Inspire,
Sciences Inc InstantEye
departments that have already received permission,
Appleton Fire Depart-
some may require additional approvals for ment
Wisconsin DJI Phantom

operations that are currently banned, such as flying

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Name State Make Model Name State Make Model

Leptron Brookings Fire Depart-
Arlington Police De- South Dakota
Texas Industrial RDASS ment
partment
Helicopters Brown County Emer-
South Dakota DJI Inspire
Assumption Parish gency Response
Louisiana DJI Phantom
Sheriff's Office Brownsville Fire De-
Texas DJI Mavic
Attleboro Police De- partment
Massachusetts Yuneec Q500
partment Brunswick Police
Georgia Parrot AR.Drone
Auglaize County Sher- Department
Ohio DJI Phantom
Public Safety Drones

iff's Office Buffalo County Sher- AR.Drone

Nebraska Parrot, DJI
Austell Police Depart- iff's Office 2.0, Phantom
Georgia DJI Phantom
ment Burleigh County Sheriff North Dakota
Leptron Butler County Emer-
Industrial RDASS, Iowa DJI Phantom
Austin Fire Department Texas gency Management
Helicopters, Inspire
Butler County Sheriff’s Typhoon
DJI Ohio Yuneec
Office Q500
Autauga County Emer-
Calhoun County Emer-
gency Management Alabama DJI Phantom
gency Management Mississippi DJI Phantom
Agency
Agency
Bakersfield Fire De-
California DJI Phantom Camden County New Jersey DJI Inspire
partment
Barnstable Police Camden County Sher-
Massachusetts DJI Inspire Missouri DJI Phantom
Department iffs Department
Bedford Fire Depart- Canadian County De-
Virginia DJI Phantom American
ment partment of Emergency Oklahoma Eagle
Drones
Management
Bellevue Fire Depart- Draganfly Draganflyer
Nebraska Canyon County Sher- Draganfly Draganflyer
ment Innovations X4 Idaho
iff's Department Innovations X6
Benton County Sheriff's
Oregon DJI Phantom Carova Beach Volunteer
Office North Carolina DJI Phantom
Fire & Rescue
Bergen County Office Phantom, In-
of Emergency Manage- New Jersey DJI, 3DR spire, Matrice Phoenix Ace
Cecil County Sheriff's UAV Solu-
ment 100, Solo Maryland V2, Typhoon
Office tions, Yuneec
H
Berkeley County
South Carolina DJI Phantom Chambersburg Fire
Resuce Pennsylvania 3DR Solo
Department
Berrien County Sher-
Michigan DJI Phantom Cherokee Sheriff's
iff's Office Georgia DJI Inspire
Office
Bertie County Sheriff’s
North Carolina DJI Phantom Cheyenne Fire Depart- Draganfly Draganflyer
Office Wyoming
ment Innovations X6
Bethlehem Police
Pennsylvania DJI Phantom Chippewa County Sher-
Department Wisconsin DJI Phantom
iff’s Department
Beverly Emergency
Management Depart- Massachusetts DJI Phantom Choctaw County Sher- Autel Ro-
Oklahoma X-Star
ment iff’s Department botics
Big Rapids Township Physical Phantom,
Michigan InstantEye City of Fontana Police DJI, NMo-
Fire Department Sciences Inc California NMotion
Department tion
Drone
Birmingham Alabama DJI Inspire
Clay County Sheriff's
Blaine County Search Minnesota DJI Phantom
Idaho DJI Inspire Office
and Rescue
Clayton County Fire
Blount County Rescue Phantom, Georgia DJI Phantom
Tennessee DJI and Emergency Service
Squad Inspire
Clear Lake Fire Depart-
Boone County Sheriff’s Spreading Iowa DJI Phantom
Iowa DJI ment
Department Wings S900
Cobb County Police
Matrice 100, Georgia DJI Phantom
Bossier Fire Depart- DJI, Lock- Department
Louisiana Phantom,
ment heed Martin Coffee County Sheriff's
Indago Alabama DJI Inspire
Office
Bossier Parish Sheriff's
Louisiana Collier County Sheriff's
Office Florida
Office
Brazoria County Texas
Columbia County Sher-
Brewster Ambulance Inspire, Georgia DJI Phantom
Massachusetts DJI iff's Office
Service Phantom
Bristol Tennessee DJI Phantom

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Name State Make Model Name State Make Model

Columbus Fire Depart- Erie County Sheriff's
Wisconsin Inspire DJI Ohio
ment Office
Leptron Estero Fire Rescue Florida DJI Phantom
Corpus Christi Fire
Texas Industrial RDASS
Department Etowah County Sher-
Helicopters Alabama DJI Phantom
iff's Department
Corpus Christi Police
Texas DJI Phantom Fairfax Fire and Rescue
Department Virginia DJI Phantom
Department
Council Bluffs Fire
Iowa DJI Inspire Fairfield County
Public Safety Drones

Department
Hazardous Incident Connecticut DJI Phantom
Cowlitz County Sher- Response Team
Washington DJI Inspire
iff's Office
Florence County Emer-
Crestview Police De- South Carolina
Florida DJI Inspire gency Response Team
partment
Flowood Police De-
Crossville Police De- Mississippi DJI Phantom
Tennessee DJI Inspire partment
partment
Footville Fire Depart-
Cullman Police Depart- Wisconsin Yuneec Q500
Alabama DJI Phantom ment
ment
Forest County Sheriff's
Cuyahoga Community Wisconsin
Office
College Police Depart- Ohio DJI Phantom
ment Fort Worth Fire Depart- Physical
Texas InstantEye
ment Sciences Inc
Dale County Sheriff's
Alabama Freeborn County Sher-
Office Minnesota
iff's Office
Dallas County Sheriff's
Alabama DJI Inspire Fremont Police Depart-
Department Ohio
ment
Dane County Emergen-
Wisconsin DJI Phantom Gadsden Police Depart- AeroViron-
cy Management Alabama Wasp III
ment ment
Darke County Sheriff’s
Ohio DJI Inspire Galena Fire Department Kansas Parrot Bebop
Office
Dayton Fire Depart- Georgia Department of Inspire,
Ohio Yuneec Typhoon H Georgia DJI
ment Public Safety Phantom
Delaware County Sher- Leptron
Oklahoma DJI Phantom Golden Police Depart-
iff's Office Colorado Industrial RDASS
ment
Delaware Department Helicopters
Delaware DJI Inspire
of Transportation Goliad County Sheriff's
Texas DJI Phantom
Delaware State Fire Office
Delaware DJI Inspire
School Grand Isle County
Vermont DJI Phantom
Dodge County Sheriff's Sheriff's Department
Wisconsin
Office Grand Traverse County
Michigan DJI Phantom
Douglas County Sher- Sheriff's Office
Minnesota MAXSUR Seeker
iff's Office Granite City Police
Illinois
Dover Police Depart- Department
Delaware DJI Phantom
ment Grant County Sheriff's
Washington DJI Phantom
Dover Township Fire Office
Pennsylvania DJI Phantom
Department Grant Parish Sheriff's
Louisiana DJI Phantom
Duluth Police Depart- Office
Georgia DJI Inspire
ment Greeley Police Depart-
Colorado DJI Phantom
Dunwoody Police ment
Georgia DJI Inspire
Department Greenfield Police
Indiana DJI Phantom
East Baton Rouge Par- Inspire, Department
Louisiana DJI
ish Sheriff's Office Phantom Greensburg Fire De-
Pennsylvania DJI Phantom
Edmonson County partment
Kentucky
Sheriff's Office Greenville County
South Carolina DJI Inspire
Effingham County Sheriff's Office
Emergency Manage- Illinois DJI Phantom Leptron
Guernsey County Sher-
ment Agency Ohio Industrial RDASS
iff's Office
El Dorado County Dis- Helicopters
California DJI Phantom
trict Attorneys Office Gulfport Fire Depart-
Mississippi
Elmira Police Depart- ment
New York DJI Phantom
ment

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Name State Make Model Name State Make Model

Gwinnett County Police Inspire, Jefferson County Sher-
Georgia DJI Oregon DJI Phantom
Department Phantom iff's Office
Hamilton County Emer- Jefferson Parish Sher-
Tennessee DJI Phantom Louisiana DJI Phantom
gency Services iff's Office
Hamilton County Johnson County Emer-
Ohio DJI Phantom Texas DJI Inspire
Sheriff gency Management
Hamilton County Sher- Inspire, Johnson County Sher-
Tennessee DJI Texas DJI Inspire
iff's Office Phantom iff's Office
Public Safety Drones

Harrisonburg Police Joshua Fire Department Texas DJI Inspire

Virginia Dronium Protocol
Department
Kansas City Missouri
Harvey County Emer- Physical Missouri DJI Inspire
Kansas InstantEye Police Department
gency Response Team Sciences Inc
Kansas City Police
Hazard Police Depart- Kansas DJI Inspire
Kentucky DJI Phantom Department
ment
Kentucky State Police Kentucky DJI Phantom
Heath Department of
Texas DJI Phantom Kilgore Fire Depart-
Public Safety Texas DJI Phantom
ment
Henderson Fire Depart-
Nevada DJI Phantom Kossuth County Sher-
ment Iowa DJI Phantom
iff’s Department
Hendersonville Police
North Carolina DJI Phantom La Plata County Emer-
Department Colorado DJI Inspire
gency Management
Hennepin County Sher-
Minnesota DJI Inspire La Porte Fire Depart-
iff’s Office Texas Parrot Bebop
ment
Henrico County Virginia DJI Phantom
La Vista Police Depart-
Henry County Office of Nebraska DJI Phantom
ment
Emergency Manage- Indiana DJI Phantom
Lafayette County Sher-
ment Missouri DJI Phantom
iff's Office
Hoover Police Depart-
Alabama DJI Phantom Leptron
ment Laredo Police Depart-
Texas Industrial RDASS
Horry County Fire ment
South Carolina DJI Phantom Helicopters
Rescue
Lauderdale County
Horry County Police Alabama DJI Phantom
South Carolina DJI Phantom Sheriff's Office
Department
Lee County Sheriff's
Houston County Sher- Inspire, Alabama DJI Insprie
Alabama DJI Office
iff's Office Phantom
Lehigh University
Pennsylvania DJI Inspire
Idaho State Police Idaho DJI Phantom Police Department
DJI, Lenexa Fire Depart-
Inspire, Dra- Kansas DJI Phantom
Illinois State Police Illinois Draganfly ment
ganflyer X4
Innovations Lenoir County Emer-
North Carolina DJI Matrice 100
Independence Fire gency Services
Ohio DJI Phantom
Department Limestone County Physical
Alabama InstantEye
Indiana Department of Sheriff's Office Sciences Inc
Indiana DJI Inspire
Natural Resources Lincoln County Emer-
Indianapolis Metropoli- gency Management South Dakota DJI Inspire
Indiana DJI Phantom Department
tan Police Department
Jackson County Fire Lincoln County Sher-
Oregon DJI Phantom Wisconsin DJI Inspire
District #3 iff's Office
Jackson County Sher- Lincoln County Sher-
Arkansas Yuneec Blade Oregon DJI Phantom
iff's Office iff's Office
Jackson County Sher- Lindon City Police Utah DJI Phantom
Wisconsin
iff's Office
Linn Police Department Wisconsin DJI Inspire
Jasper County Emer-
gency Management Iowa DJI Phantom Livingston County Phantom,
New York DJI
Agency Sheriff's Office Matrice 100
Jasper County Emer- Los Angeles County
South Carolina Yuneec Q500 California DJI Matrice 100
gency Services Sheriff's Department
Jasper County Sheriff's Los Angeles Police Draganfly Draganflyer
Missouri DJI Inspire California
Office Department Innovations X6
Jefferson County Sher- Draganfly Draganflyer Loudoun County Sher- Lockheed
Alabama Virginia Indago
iff's Office Innovations X4 iff's Office Martin

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Name State Make Model Name State Make Model

Louisiana State Fire Inspire, Montgomery County
Louisiana DJI Alabama DJI Inspire
Marshal Phantom Sheriff's Office
Louisville Fire and Physical Montgomery County
Kentucky InstantEye Texas Aeryon Labs SkyRanger
Rescue Sciences Inc Sheriff's Office
Lubbock Police De- Moore County Sheriff's
Texas DJI Inspire North Carolina DJI Phantom
partment Department
Macon-Bibb County Moraga-Orinda Fire
California DJI Inspire
Emergency Manage- Georgia DJI Inspire District
Public Safety Drones

ment Agency Morrow Police Depart-

Georgia Yuneec Typhoon H
Madeira Beach Fire ment
Florida DJI Inspire
Department Mount Carmel Town- Physical
Pennsylvania InstantEye
Madison County Sher- ship Police Department Sciences Inc
Illinois DJI Matrice 600
iff's Department Mount Pleasant Police
South Carolina DJI Inspire
Maine State Police Maine Parrot AR.Drone Department
Myrtle Beach Police
Mansfield Police De- South Carolina DJI Phantom
Texas DJI Inspire Department
partment
Nampa Police Depart-
Marathon County Sher- Idaho DJI Phantom
Wisconsin DJI Phantom ment
iff's Department
Naperville Fire Depart- Phantom,
Marshall County Sher- Illinois DJI
Minnesota DJI Inspire ment Inspire
iff's Office
Nassau County Police
Martin County Fire New York DJI Inspire
Florida DJI Phantom Department
Rescue
Maryville Department Navarro County Sheriff Texas DJI Inspire
Missouri MAXSUR
of Public Safety Typhoon H,
Mason County Sheriff's Nevada Highway Patrol Nevada Yuneec Typhoon
Kentucky DJI Phantom Q500
Office
Massachusetts State New Castle County Lockheed
Massachusetts DJI Inspire Delaware Indago
Police Police Department Martin
Medina County Sheriff New Hanover County
Ohio TAV-200 Emergency Manage- North Carolina DJI Phantom
Office
ment
Menlo Park Fire De-
California DJI Phantom New Rochelle Police
partment New York DJI Phantom
Department
Mesa County Sheriff's Draganfly Draganflyer
Colorado New York City Fire
Office Innovations X6 New York Hoverfly LiveSky
Department
Mesa Fire and Medical Arizona DJI Inspire
Newbold Fire Depart-
Miami Beach Police Wisconsin DJI Inspire
Florida ment
Department
Niagara County Sher-
Miami Dade Schools New York DJI Phantom
Florida DJI Phantom iff's Office
Police Department
Noble County Sheriff’s
Miami Police Depart- Indiana DJI Inspire
Oklahoma DJI Inspire Department
ment
Norfolk Volunteer Fire
Connecticut DJI Phantom
Michigan State Police Michigan Aeryon Labs SkyRanger Department
Middlesex County North Carolina Depart-
Pennsylvania North Carolina Trimble UX5
Sheriff's Office ment of Public Safety
Middleton Fire Depart- North Stonington Vol-
Wisconsin DJI Inspire Connecticut DJI Phantom
ment unteer Fire District

Mineral County Colorado Northeast Regional Draganfly Draganflyer

North Dakota
UAS Unit Innovations X6
Mitchell County Emer-
Iowa DJI Inspire Oak Ridge Fire Depart-
gency Services Tennessee DJI Phantom
ment
Modesto Police Depart-
California DJI Phantom Oakland County Fire Michigan DJI Phantom
ment
Monroe County Search Nano,
Mississippi Oakland County Sher- Aerial Imag-
and Rescue Team Michigan DROID-
iff's Office ing Works
WORX Y-6
Montgomery County
Fire and Rescue Depart- Maryland DJI Phantom Obion County Sheriff's
Tennessee
ment Office
Montgomery County Draganfly Ocean County Sheriff's
Pennsylvania Guardian New Jersey DJI Inspire
Sheriff's Department Innovations Department

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Name State Make Model Name State Make Model

Orange County Sheriff's Draganfly Draganflyer Ripon Consolidated
Florida California DJI Inspire
Office Innovations X6 Fire District
Oregon Police Depart- Ripon Police Depart- Phantom,
Oregon Yuneec Tornado California DJI
ment ment Inspire
Oregon Police Division, Riverside County Sher-
California Sentera Phoenix M2
Oregon Fire Depart- Ohio DJI Matrice 100 iff's Department
ment Rogers Police Depart-
Arkansas DJI Inspire
Orem Police Depart- ment
Utah DJI Inspire
Public Safety Drones

ment Rowan County Emer-

Kentucky
Orland Park Police gency Management
Illinois DJI Phantom
Department Russell County Sheriff's
Virginia Parrot AR.Drone
Ouachita County Sher- Office
Arkansas DJI Phantom
iff's Office Russell County Sheriff's
Alabama DJI Phantom
Palm Beach County Office
Florida DJI Inspire
Sheriff's Office Sabine Volunteer Fire
Texas DJI Phantom
Peabody Fire Depart- Department
Massachusetts DJI Phantom
ment Sahuarita Police De-
Arizona DJI Phantom
Pecos Police Depart- partment
Texas 3DR Solo
ment San Bernardino Police
California DJI Inspire
Peekskill Police De- Department
New York DJI Inspire
partment San Diego County Inspire,
California DJI
Perham Fire Depart- Sheriff’s Department Phantom
Minnesota DJI Inspire
ment Century
San Jose Police Depart-
Perry County Sheriff's California Helicopter Neo 660 V2
Missouri DJI Phantom ment
Department Products

Perry Fire Department Iowa DJI Inspire Sarpy County Sheriff's

Nebraska
Office
Phoenix Fire Depart-
Arizona DJI Phantom Scott County Sheriff's
ment Missouri DJI Inspire
Department
Phoenixville Police
Pennsylvania Yuneec Typhoon H Scottsdale Police De-
Department Arizona DJI Inspire
partment
Pittsburg County Emer- Physical
Oklahoma InstantEye Scranton Police De-
gency Management Sciences Inc Pennsylvania DJI Phantom
partment
Plainfield Fire Protec-
Illinois DJI Phantom Sedona Fire Depart-
tion District Arizona DJI Inspire
ment
Plainfield Police De-
Connecticut DJI Inspire Selma Police Depart-
partment Alabama DJI Phantom
ment
Plover Police Depart-
Wisconsin DJI T600 Shawano County
ment Wisconson DJI Phantom
Sheriff
Polk County Emergen-
Arkansas DJI Phantom Smith County Sheriff's
cy Management Office Texas DJI Inspire
Office
Polk County Sheriff's EasyStar, EasyStar II,
Florida Somerset County Sher- Lockheed
Office Parrot AR.Drone New Jersey Indago
if's Office Martin
Priceville Police De-
Alabama DJI Inspire Somerset Police De-
partment Kentucky DJI Phantom
partment
Princeton Fire Territory Indiana DJI Phantom South Carolina High-
South Carolina DJI Phantom
Provo Police Depart- way Patrol
Utah DJI Inspire
ment South Padre Island
Texas Yuneec Q500
Rainbow City Police Police Department
Alabama
Department St Charles Parish Sher-
Louisiana DJI Phantom
Reeves County Sheriff's iff's Office
Texas DJI Phantom
Office St James Parish Sher-
Louisiana DJI Phantom
Renton Police Depart- iff's Office
Washington 3DR Solo
ment S900 Search
St Martin Parish Sheriff Louisiana DJI
Rialto Fire Department California and Rescue
Stafford County Sher-
Richmond County Dis- Draganfly Virginia DJI Inspire
New York Guardian iff's Office
trict Attorney’s Office Innovations
Stearns County Sher-
Richmond Police De- Minnesota DJI Inspire
Indiana DJI Phantom iff’s Office
partment

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Name State Make Model Name State Make Model

Stillwater Emergency Utica Police Depart-
Oklahoma DJI Phantom New York Yuneec Q500
Management Agency ment
Streator Fire Depart- Valparaiso Police Phantom,
Illinois DJI Inspire Indiana DJI
ment Department Inspire
Susquehanna County Ventura County Sher- AeroViron-
California Qube
District Attorney’s Pennsylvania DJI Phantom iff's Office ment
Office Vidalia Police Depart-
Louisiana DJI Phantom
Texas State Fire Mar- ment
Texas DJI Phantom
Public Safety Drones

shals Office Volusia County Sheriff's

Florida DJI Phantom
Thibodaux Police Office
Louisiana DJI Phantom
Department Warrick County Seriff's
Indiana DJI Phantom
Tippecanoe County Office
Indiana DJI Inspire
Sheriff’s Office Washington County
Minnesota DJI Phantom
Toledo Police Depart- Sheriff's Office
Ohio DJI Matrice 100
ment Waterloo Fire Depart-
Nebraska
Tom Green County ment
Texas DJI Phantom
Sheriff's Office Waukesha Police De-
Wisconsin DJI Phantom
Torrance Police Depart- partment
California
ment Wayne County Sheriff's
Tennessee DJI Phantom
Trumbull Police De- Office
Connecticut
partment Wayne Township Fire
Indiana DJI Phantom
Tulare County Sheriff’s Department
California DJI Matrice 100
Department West Haven Fire De-
Connecticut DJI Phantom
Twin Falls County partment
Idaho DJI Phantom
Sheriff's Office West Memphis Fire
Arkansas DJI Phantom
Ulster County Sheriff's Department
New York DJI Inspire
Office West Seneca Police
New York DJI Inspire
Umatilla County Sher- Department
Oregon DJI Phantom
iff's Office Weston Volunteer Fire
Connecticut DJI Phantom
Union County Sheriff's Spreading Department
Arkansas DJI
Office Wings S1000 Williamson County Inspire,
Tennessee DJI
University of Alabama Sheriff's Office Phantom
in Huntsville Police Alabama Wilmington Police
Deparment Delaware DJI Phantom
Department
University Police Wood County Sheriff's
Department, Cal State California DJI Phantom Wisconsin DJI Matrice 100
Office
Monterey
Wood County Sheriff's
Upland Police Depart- Texas Yuneec Q500
California DJI Phantom Office
ment
Wrightsville Beach Fire
Upper Uwchlan Police North Carolina DJI Phantom
Pennsylvania DJI Phantom Department
Department
York County Emergen-
Utah County Sheriff's Virginia DJI Matrice 600
Utah cy Management Agency
Office
York County Emergen- Spreading
Utah Division of Emer- Maine DJI
Utah DJI Phantom cy Management Agency Wings S900
gency Management
Yorktown Police De-
Utah Highway Patrol Utah DJI Inspire New York DJI Inspire
partment

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