Petersburg police acquire a fleet of drones as other local law enforcement agencies weigh cost, benefit

State law sharply limits how law enforcement agencies in Virginia can use drones, but that has not dissuaded the Petersburg Bureau of Police from acquiring a small fleet of the unmanned aircraft for their operations.

On Wednesday, Petersburg Police Chief Kenneth Miller used his Twitter account to announce that his department had acquired three new drones “to tackle crime and keep the community safe” …

http://www.richmond.com/news/local/crime/petersburg-police-acquire-a-fleet-of-drones-as-other-local/article_ce3e9826-b69f-5615-9941-a774603e2ed2.html

Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch | Feb. 23, 2018

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