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Late Saturday night in Louisville, a burglary suspect ran out of Doss High School, likely betting on darkness, distance, and a little winter chaos to break contact with police. That bet collapsed almost instantly, because an officer on scene launched a drone, and the sky politely refused to look away, as WAVE 3 reports. Within…
The Santa Ana Police Department is asking the City Council to approve a contract worth about $683,000 to officially launch the city’s first police drone program, with a vote scheduled for February 3. If approved, Santa Ana would join a growing list of police departments in Orange County that already operate their own unmanned aircraft…
FAA NOTAM FDC 6/4375 bans drones within 3,000 ft of federal convoys nationwide. The problem: these mobile restrictions won't appear on any flight planning app.
The Caldwell Police Department has become the first law enforcement agency in Idaho to launch a Drone as First Responder program, marking a major shift in how emergency calls are handled across the city, as KTVB reports. Designed to cut response times and give officers immediate aerial awareness, the program allows drones to be dispatched…
Drones are no longer a novelty in Greenville, Mississippi. They are a working tool, already woven into search efforts and emergency response. This week, city leaders approved new funding that quietly but meaningfully expands those capabilities, adding extra batteries and a second drone controller to the Greenville Public Safety drone program, as FOX17 reports. That…
When every second counts, Milwaukee police are now letting a drone beat the squad car to the scene as the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. The Milwaukee Police Department has officially launched its Drone as First Responder program, and yes, the drones doing the heavy lifting are Skydio X10s, not DJI, not Autel, not a mystery…
Just five days ago, we reported on Bridgeport, Connecticut officially launching its Drone as First Responder program with Flock Safety. Mayor Joe Ganim was demonstrating the drones on rooftops. Police Chief Roderick Porter was calling it “re-imagining policing.” Council President Jeanette Herron was praising the technology as a “major step forward.“ That program is now…
By early summer, Cleveland Metroparks will begin testing public safety drones along its eight lakefront properties, with one clear priority in mind: water rescues where seconds matter. The parks system has partnered with BRINC to trial two Drone as First Responder units at no cost for one year, giving the department time to see whether…
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