Columbus Division of Police purchases five drones to help patrol central Ohio skies

The Columbus Division of Police recently purchased new flying tools for crime-fighting.

Columbus Police Chief Elaine Bryant told WOSU’s All Sides with Amy Juravich on Tuesday the department recently purchased five new drones. A Columbus police spokesperson confirmed the department purchased five Axon Air Skydio X-10 drones at a total cost of $172,000.

“We have them. We are in the process of creating our policy to make sure that we have the proper training, we have the proper policies in place, but we understand how important they are and we definitely are going to be utilizing them,” Bryant said…

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