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The DJI Osmo Pocket 4P's dual-camera gimbal with 3x telephoto and 1-inch main camera next to the single-camera Osmo Pocket 4

DJI

DJI Osmo Pocket 4P vs. Osmo Pocket 4: Which One Should You Buy in 2026?

I tested the DJI Osmo Pocket 4P and Pocket 4 side by side — D-Log 2 dynamic range, the 3x tele camera, ActiveTrack 8, and which one you should buy in 2026.

Jake SloanAug 6

Overhead black-and-white view of a DJI Phantom quadcopter surrounded by folding DJI Mavic drones and other multirotors arranged on a white surface

Police

Newberg Police Fly Drones Where K-9s Used To Go

Newberg-Dundee police and Yamhill County deputies have flown drones since 2022 — a 10-aircraft combined DJI fleet that clears buildings ahead of officers and ends foot pursuits with thermal at 400 feet. No ribbon cuttings, no controversy, just standard equipment.

Rafael SuárezAug 6

Police

NSW PolAir Remote Drone Finds Hidden Woman In Moree

A PolAir Remote drone flown from Bankstown Airport — 300 miles away — spotted a woman leaving a shed during a welfare check in Moree, leading to her arrest for breaching a domestic violence order. Australia's first remotely piloted police drone trial keeps converting flights into arrests.

Rafael SuárezAug 6

A sensor tower with cameras and antennas stands over green farmland and a river at sunset.

Counter-Drone

Anduril WISP Helps National Guard Tell Drones From Birds

The Washington National Guard's 10th Civil Support Team trained for two weeks on Anduril's WISP sensor suite, a fused stack built to tell a drone from a bird before a counter-drone response begins — with World Cup security driving the timeline.

Rafael SuárezAug 6

Aerial drone view of two suspects moving property beside a white work truck in a parking lot, with the Santa Ana Police Department watermark.

Skydio

Santa Ana Police Drone Catches Truck Thieves Mid-Theft

Santa Ana PD's Eagle 1 drone found a stolen work truck minutes after patrol lost it, watched two suspects load stolen tools, and guided officers straight to them — the first felony arrests of the $682,900 DFR program a divided council approved 4-3 in February.

Rafael SuárezAug 6

Firefighters

IAFF Launches Drone Training To Cut Hazmat Exposure

The International Association of Fire Fighters is training its HazMat instructors as drone pilots, backed by the largest grant in the union's history — an $8 million NIEHS award. The five-year goal: put a Parrot ANAFI UKR into contaminated scenes before a single firefighter walks downrange.

Rafael SuárezAug 6

DJI Dock 2 docking station with a Matrice 3DT drone on the landing pad

DJI

DJI Sells American Police A Dock Playbook The FCC Just Proposed Banning

DJI Enterprise published a Drone as First Responder scaling guide on August 4, one day after the FCC's proposal to prohibit imports and sales of foreign-made drone docking stations hit the Federal Register. The playbook's flagship American case study, El Paso, is already applying for federal money to replace its DJI fleet.

Haye KestelooAug 5

Skydio

Skydio And CentralSquare Wire DFR Into Police Dispatch

Skydio and CentralSquare announced a partnership on August 3 that builds Drone as First Responder operations natively into CentralSquare's computer-aided dispatch software, moving the drone launch button onto the screen every 911 dispatcher already watches.

Rafael SuárezAug 5

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