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Santa Ana became the latest city in Orange County to approve the use of drones as first responders after a heated debate. What the police department says: Santa Ana Police Chief Robert Rodriguez told ...

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LAS VEGAS -- At the Metropolitan Police Department’s Fusion Watch and Drone Operations Center Wednesday afternoon, an alarm went off as rows of workers looked at a sea of screens that showed real-time ...

Warren leaders say they are the first large city in Michigan to implement a joint police and fire Drone as First Responder program.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The Knoxville City Council and Mayor Indya Kincannon approved a $9.4 million amendment to the Knoxville Police Department’s existing agreement with Axon Enterprise that will allow ...

Namibia El was about to enter her Camden home when her neighbor pointed to a drone overhead. “Big brother’s watching,” El, 50, recalls telling her neighbor. Recently, the Camden County Police ...

Police departments across North Carolina are putting eyes in the sky, using drones as first responders. Cities like Winston-Salem, which first deployed drones for on-scene patrols seven years ago, ...

Lockheed Martin Stalker VXE30 drone taking off from the ground. - Lockheed Martin/YouTube In January 2026, the Baton Rouge Police Department was the first of its kind to adopt the use of the Edge ...

Bridgeport Police Chief Roderick Porter at a meeting of the city council’s Joint Committee on Contracts and Public Safety and Transportation to discuss a potential contract with the drone company ...

PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. — The Pembroke Pines Police Department used social media on Tuesday to celebrate the drone operators who worked with infrared cameras to help police officers outsmart suspects.