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Drone as First Responder
Newport News Sends Drones to 911 Calls in 90 Seconds
Newport News, Virginia is about to start sending drones to 911 calls before officers or firefighters arrive, with some aircraft reaching a scene in under 90 seconds. The city has eight drones staged at four launch sites, ready to lift…
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…
Normal Police Add Flock DFR to Six-Drone Fleet
The Normal Police Department will add a Flock Drone as First Responder unit to its existing six-drone fleet under a one-year pilot, after the Town of Normal Council approved the $50,000 purchase at its June 15 meeting. The seventh aircraft…
Skydio’s Adam Bry Blasts Big-Drone DFR as Bad Physics
Skydio CEO Adam Bry published a long-form article on X on June 8 making a direct case against the trend of building large quadcopters for Drone as First Responder (DFR) programs. His argument is not marketing. It is a physics-driven…
Port St. Lucie Skydio X10 Saves Life On Day One
Port St. Lucie’s police department flipped the switch on its new Drone as First Responder program on June 11, and the system did not wait long to prove itself. Within hours, a remotely launched drone located a missing autistic woman…
Vancouver Police Launch Canada’s First Dock DFR
Vancouver just became the first city in Canada to put police drones on rooftops, ready to launch the second a 911 call lands. The Vancouver Police Department is rolling out six Skydio X10 aircraft in docked Drone as First Responder…
Buena Park Drone Finds Theft Suspect Hiding in Shed
A shoplifting run at a Buena Park Kohl’s ended with two people in custody on June 9, and the deciding factor never touched the ground. When one suspect bolted on foot and folded himself into a stranger’s backyard shed, he…
Memphis Police Fly Skydio, Parrot, and DJI Together
A Memphis police drone tracked a suspect into a black Audi and logged the license plate before officers ever reached the scene. That arrest is the headline. The detail that caught my eye sits in the background of the footage.…
Skydio Drones Fly Nashville Before Council Signs Off
Metro Nashville Police put three Skydio drones in the air over the Madison precinct before the Metro Council ever signed off, and now the program is catching heat for it. The department says a legal exemption let it skip approval.…
Cathedral City Drones Hit 90% Coverage on DJI Hardware
Cathedral City Police now cover roughly 90 percent of the city from three rooftop drone docks, and they did it on DJI hardware while half the country is being told to rip Chinese drones off the roof. The department has…
North Richland Hills Police Launch Skydio DFR Trial
North Richland Hills police are launching a Skydio Drone as First Responder trial this month, putting eyes on accident scenes and active emergencies before the first patrol unit arrives. Two docking stations will sit at a strategic central location in…
Flock Safety Pushes Alpha Camera As The Sensor Arms Race In Police Drones Heats Up
Flock Safety is putting its camera front and center in a new round of marketing for the Alpha, the company’s American-made Drone as First Responder aircraft, with a slickly produced clip that frames the payload as carrying more sensors than…
