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St Paul Police Logged 472 Dfr Flights In Four Weeks

St Paul Police Logged 472 DFR Flights in Four Weeks

The St Paul Police Department’s new dock-based Drone as First Responder program flew 472 missions in its first four weeks, already passing the 436 patrol-drone flights the department logged in all of 2025. The three rooftop Skydio X10 drones went…

Irvine Police Drone Catches Shoplifter In Truck Bed

Irvine Police Drone Catches Shoplifter in Truck Bed

The Irvine Police Department’s Drone as First Responder program ended a Walmart shoplifting case the same way it ends most calls these days, with the suspect on the ground and an aircraft watching from above. Officers arrested Guillermo Hazael Martinez…

Zipline Adds Austin To Texas Drone Delivery Push

Zipline Adds Austin to Texas Drone Delivery Push

Zipline plans to expand its autonomous drone delivery service to Austin later this year, making it the California company’s third Texas market in under 12 months. Dallas-Fort Worth launched in August 2025. Houston followed in April 2026. Austin is next,…

Orlando Police Launch 11-Drone Skydio Dfr Network

Orlando Police Launch 11-Drone Skydio DFR Network

The Orlando Police Department activated its automated Drone as First Responder network on June 17, four months after council approved the $6.83 million contract amendment to deploy 11 Skydio drones across nine rooftop docks. The system is now responding live…