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Rahul Sidhu leaves Flock for a16z two years after selling it Aerodome for over $300 million, days after 270 staff took buyouts and with Alpha in early access.
Utica, N.Y. police and fire begin a 90-day Drone as First Responder trial with Axon and Skydio. In June the city announced a free six-month Flock pilot.
San Francisco advanced rules for 98 police drones with a narrow warrant clause and no resident notice. Sonoma's ACLU settlement requires both.
Flock's CEO says drones will be nearly half its future revenue. San Francisco's Police Commission takes up its police drone rules on October 14.
Warwick, RI's $150,000 Flock Alpha police drone has a BVLOS waiver but no airport airspace approval. FAA facility map grids at T.F. Green read 0 feet.
A Tallahassee commissioner said Amazon's drones need regulating. The city attorney says Florida law bars it. Amazon shows its MK30 there October 20.
Edison, NJ is spending $589,000 in forfeiture money on 92 Flock cameras and a thermal DFR drone. The mayor's 45-second claim beats Flock's own figure.
O'Fallon, Missouri police used a Flock DFR drone to track a fleeing suspect into a storm sewer and guide officers to the exit — search, track, and arrest in under 15 minutes. The two-month-old program has already assisted in 12 felony arrests.
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