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Chino Police Scale Drone Fireworks Enforcement To 65 Officers After One-Drone Test
The Chino Police Department will put several drones over residential neighborhoods this Fourth of July and pair them with 65 officers dedicated to illegal fireworks enforcement, a sharp expansion of a program the city ran with a single aircraft a…
Boynton Beach OKs $90K Axon Drone Over Budget Fears
Boynton Beach is getting a police drone first responder program, but not without a fight over the bill. On June 16 the city commission approved an Axon drone package in a 4-1 vote, with Commissioner Aimee Kelley the lone no…
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…
Oakland Sheriff Drones, K-9 Find Missing Holly Toddler Safe
A Holly homeowner’s doorbell camera caught an 18-month-old boy walking alone past the 500 block of Elm Street at 11:54 a.m. on June 19, and within minutes Holly Police had Oakland County Sheriff’s Office drones and a K-9 team in…
Skydio CEO Walks Back A No-Weapons Promise On Decoder, Then Argues Drawing Red Lines Is “Dangerously Misguided”
On a June 15 episode of The Verge‘s Decoder podcast, Skydio CEO Adam Bry distanced his company from a no-weapons commitment it published years ago and still has posted online. “This is an area where I’ve gotten some things wrong,”…
Toy Drones Win In Washington While Working Pilots Keep Losing
The Toy Association spent months lobbying the FCC, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of War, and last week it walked the halls of Capitol Hill during its annual Washington fly-in. On Tuesday it got exactly what it…
Lee County Sheriff Releases Drone Footage Of Man Firing A BB Gun At A DFR Aircraft, A Federal Felony
A Lee County Sheriff’s Office drone searching for a bear in southwest Florida recorded a man pointing a BB gun at the aircraft and firing at least twice, and the footage put a federal felony on camera in real time.…
Toronto Police Tracked Down CBC’s Rogue Test Drone Beside Hotel X Within Minutes
The Toronto Police Service tracked a drone flying over a no-fly zone near Toronto Stadium to its pilot several blocks away beside Hotel X, then sent ground officers to confront the operator, all in a staged exercise built and flown…
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…
DJI Police Drone Found a Dog Stranded on an Oregon Cliff
A dog got spooked on a hike at Ecola State Park, bolted, and vanished for nearly two hours. When searchers finally spotted it, the animal was stranded about 100 feet down a steep Oregon cliff, in a spot no person…
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.…