Expensive police equipment going unused [Video]

CLEVELAND (WJW) — The FOX 8 I-Team has found big bucks were spent on new technology for Cleveland police to help protect you. But much of that equipment has not been used on the streets.

For example, you don’t see Cleveland police drones overhead collecting evidence.

The I-Team learned city council approved buying drones with grant money two years ago. But after all this time, the drones have only been ordered.

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Yet many other local police departments use drones to fight crime and find missing people.

In the meantime, most Cleveland officers can’t record video using dashboard cameras, even though they were installed in all patrol cars.

Yet many other police departments have recorded with dashcams for a very long time.The Cleveland police union has become frustrated with delays using the technology.

“They said they need …