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BRINC Responder drone with police markings sitting on the roof of a Redmond, Washington police SUV, with two more cruisers behind it

Brinc · Police

Boston Police Drone Wrecks a Parked Car Six Days Into Its DFR Pilot

A BRINC Responder flown by Boston police fell onto a Mazda in Brighton on September 3, less than a week after BPD sold the program on safety.

Haye KestelooSep 197 min read

Wildfire

BRINC Ships Free Wildfire Layers In Days, On NOAA Data That Comes With Warnings

BRINC added live wildfire detections and smoke coverage to its LiveOps software at no additional cost, shipping the feature days after an engineer prototyped it. The layers run on NOAA satellite data that the agency itself labels strategic guidance rather than tactical fire intelligence.

Haye KestelooAug 10

BRINC public safety drone docking station in front of a police vehicle

Plano DFR

Plano Votes 8-0 To Buy Its Police Drones From Motorola

Plano approved $1.44 million for a Motorola-led police Drone as First Responder program that will launch with DJI aircraft before shifting to BRINC Guardian drones.

Rafael SuárezJul 31

BRINC Responder drone lifting off from a docking station

DFR

League City Police To Fly BRINC 911 Drones By December

League City Police Department plans to launch a Drone as First Responder program by December after city council approved a Motorola Solutions pilot agreement built around BRINC aircraft, with the first year free and a six-year contract value of up to $1,759,980 if the city keeps the program.

Rafael SuárezJul 21

Ruston Police Department's drone Patsy supported the department's first drone-assisted arrest in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana.

DFR

Ruston Police Drone Patsy Makes Its First Arrest

Ruston Police Department says its BRINC drone Patsy helped officers identify and arrest a fraud suspect in the agency’s first drone-assisted arrest, underscoring how Drone as First Responder programs are spreading into smaller U.S. departments.

Rafael SuárezJul 20

BRINC Responder drone used by Reno's Drone as First Responder program

DFR

Reno Police Drone Tracked Armed Suspect To Quiet Arrest

Reno police used a BRINC Drone as First Responder aircraft to track an armed suspect through a 30-minute manhunt and guide officers to a calm arrest. The incident also shows how BRINC is competing for a growing share of the U.S. public-safety drone market.

Rafael SuárezJul 19

Funding

BRINC Raises $125 Million Motorola-Led Round To Put A 911 Drone On 80,000 Station Roofs

BRINC has raised $125 million in a Motorola Solutions-led round that the Seattle company says will expand domestic manufacturing and help scale its vision of placing a 911 response drone on every police and fire station roof in the United States.

Haye KestelooJul 14

Skydio

Lucid Bots Offers Veterans a $75,000 Drone Business

Lucid Bots wants transitioning veterans flying its cleaning drones, and it’s working through a veteran nonprofit to get them there. On July 7, the Charlotte-based manufacturer announced an official sponsorship of Vets to Drones, a nonprofit that trains former service members to fly commercially. The pitch is a path from military service to small-business ownership…

Rafael SuárezJul 8

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