Steele County Sheriff Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Program and Drone…
Town of DeerfieldMinnesota- Detected
- May 26, 2026
- 165 days ago
- Sector
- Public Safety
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THE 30-SECOND BRIEF
Steele County placed approval of a new Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV/drone) Policy for the Sheriff’s Office on its May 26, 2026 agenda, including a dedicated public comment segment, and has recently purchased two DJI Matrice 4TD drones from Vertex Unmanned Solutions LLC for 25,700. The policy action and equipment purchase indicate the County is standing up a formal UAV program to support law enforcement, search and rescue, and related operations. The agenda frames Item 14 as a review of the UAV policy with public comments, followed by Item 15 to approve the Sheriff’s Office UAV Policy.
With aircraft procured and policy governance being finalized, the department will need implementation support, including pilot training, maintenance, software and data management, secure storage, operational procedures, and potential integration with other public safety systems such as Versaterm and Axon. Vendors offering public safety UAV training, program management, evidence workflow integration, and hardware/software lifecycle support can engage the Sheriff’s Office as the program matures beyond initial hardware acquisition.
Audit list documents drone purchase; agenda items 14–15 show policy review and approval sequence with public comment. Hardware vendor is identified; software, training, and integration vendors are not.
From the meeting
- Source
- Steele County Sheriff Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Program and Drone Purchase
- Meeting date
- May 26, 2026
- Agency
- Town of Deerfield
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