---
title: "Dubai Police Are Training Officers to Fly Hoverbikes"
description: "Dubai Police have officially started training its officers how to operate Hoversurf's hoverbikes. But will they actually be useful?"
date: "2018-11-08"
modified: "2018-11-08"
authors:
  - name: "Victor Tangermann"
    job_title: "Senior Editor"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor"
url: "https://futurism.com/dubai-police-training-officers-hoverbikes"
categories:
  - "Artificial Intelligence"
tags:
  - "dubai"
  - "dubai police"
  - "hoverbike"
  - "hoversurf"
---

# Dubai Police Are Training Officers to Fly Hoverbikes

![Dubai Police have officially started training its officers how to operate Hoversurf's hoverbikes. But will they actually be useful?](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/dubai-police-training-officers-hoverbikes1.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: Dubai Police\</em\>*

## Robocops and Robocopters

We already know that Dubai is buying an [army of police robots](<https://futurism.com/dubai-wants-robots-to-make-up-25-of-its-police-force-by-2030>), equipping its [firefighters with jetpacks](<https://futurism.com/firefighters-show-off-new-water-powered-jetpacks>), and patrolling its streets with [autonomous cop cars](<http://www.otsaw.com/>).

Now it wants its officers to roam the futuristic city on hoverbikes. It first announced its intentions [just over a year ago](<https://futurism.com/officials-electric-police-hoverbikes-will-soon-patrol-dubai>) at the Gitex Technology Week in Dubai — and now it's started training its fuzz to ride the Star Wars-esque vehicles.

## Hoverbike Training Montage

According to *CNN*, Dubai Police [are now training two crews](<https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/08/middleeast/hoverbike-dubai-police-flying-lessons/index.html>) to pilot the hoverbikes. They'll reportedly use them to reach hard-to-access areas, track suspects, and [patrol tourist destinations](<https://futurism.com/officials-electric-police-hoverbikes-will-soon-patrol-dubai>).

The company behind the hoverbikes is California-based startup Hoversurf. Its FAA-approved Hoverbike is essentially a cross between a motorcycle and quadcopter, with a capped max speed of just over 70 km/h (43.5 mph).

You can pre-order one yourself for just [$150,000](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/hoverbike-hoversurf-preorder>). But as you'd imagine, budgets aren't tight in Dubai.

"\[Dubai Police are\] going to let us know in the next month or two if they'd like any more ... If they would like 30 or 40, we'll make it happen for them," Hoversurf chief operating officer Joseph Segura-Conn [tells](<https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/08/middleeast/hoverbike-dubai-police-flying-lessons/index.html>) *CNN*.

## Too Soon?

While the hoverbikes look pretty fun, their range is still pretty limited, with a flight time of only 10 to 25 minutes. We have yet to see how a such a futuristic mode of transportation could *actually* be helpful for law enforcement in the real world.

But hey, we're not going to stand in the way of the future. It looks *freakin' awesome.*

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**READ MORE:** [Dubai Police start training on flying motorbikes](<https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/08/middleeast/hoverbike-dubai-police-flying-lessons/index.html>) \[CNN\]

**More on hoverbikes:** [You Can Now Preorder a $150,000 Hoverbike](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/hoverbike-hoversurf-preorder>)

## Author
I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida.

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