Police, fire, and search-and-rescue teams putting drones to work when minutes matter.
A surveying drone flying directly above a LifeFlight helicopter at Primary Children’s Hospital in Lehi, Utah forced all air operations to halt while a child in critical care waited for emergency transport to another facility. The Lehi City Police Department shared video of the incident, filmed by the South Jordan Fire Department, showing the drone…
The FAA's mobile no-fly zones around ICE and CBP vehicles prevent aerial journalism of immigration enforcement, press groups warn. The NPPA calls it worse than the Chicago TFR.
With the 2026 FIFA World Cup creeping closer like a VAR review nobody asked for, Kansas City security officials are looking up, not at the scoreboard, but at the sky, as reported by KMBC. Their concern is not weather, birds, or lost balloons. It is unauthorized drones, the uninvited guests that do not need a…
Timmins Porcupine Search and Rescue has received the DJI Matrice 4TD, a drone so capable it feels less like a gadget and more like a
All drones used by the USAR Drone Team are DJI aircraft, and this rescue system flies on the DJI Matrice 400. This platform is not subtle.
The Washington Post published a comprehensive investigation this week into ICE’s rapidly expanding surveillance technology arsenal, and the drone angle is something every pilot in this country needs to understand. Buried within the details of facial recognition apps, phone-hacking spyware, and cell-site simulators is a quiet but aggressive expansion of federal drone operations, paired with…
Michigan legislators just introduced the most ambitious state drone regulation package in the country. It also has the most obvious federal preemption problems of any state drone package in the country. The 15-bill SHIELD legislation, sponsored by state Rep. William Bruck (R-Erie), received its first committee hearing this week and would create “no drone zones”…
Aurora police added another chapter to the growing playbook of real world drone policing, and this one reads like a night vision thriller with a very real and tragic ending. On Friday night, just after 8 p.m., officers responded to a serious crash at Peoria Street and East 13th Avenue in northwest Aurora, as reported…
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