Drone Program

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Drone Program

The Harris County Sheriff’s Office has made a significant investment in its drone program. Each of the five patrol districts has one deputy assigned as a drone operator on each of three shifts, resulting in 15 patrol drone operators. Additionally, Air Operations has six personnel trained as drone operators and the High Tech Crimes Unit has three drone personnel. The drones are used for search and rescue, natural disaster response, suspect searches, crowd control, scene mapping, assisting with the execution of warrants, accident mapping, SWAT calls, and patrol of the Houston Ship Channel.