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Gainesville Police take to the skies, use drones to aid enforcement
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Officer Doug Whiddon assembles a drone owned by the Gainesville Police Department before a flight demonstration in Gainesville, on Oct. 12, 2017. - photo by David Barnes
Doug Whiddon has his sights set on the skies. Connecting his smartphone to a controller, the Gainesville Police officer sends the department’s drone flying almost 90 feet in the air.