Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Drones are often used to entertain crowds during holiday celebrations. But as part of a pilot program that began nearly a year ago ...

One year after introducing its "Drone as First Responder" program, the LAPD reports that drones have been dispatched over 9,800 times, beating patrol officers to the scene 73 percent of the time.

Facing an ongoing officer shortage, the Los Angeles Police Department plans to more efficiently deploy its officers and shorten response times by doubling the size of a cutting-edge drone fleet that ...

The FBI and the FAA are investigating after a Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Airbus AS350 helicopter was struck by a drone in Tarzana, a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley, earlier this ...

Drone hits LAPD helicopter at brush fire site, prompting authorities to hunt pilot, who faces arrest.

Drones are often used to entertain crowds during holiday celebrations. But as part of a pilot program that began nearly a year ago, the Los Angeles Police Department has been dispatching drones as ...

Thu, August 13, 2026 at 1:07 AM UTC LOS ANGELES - A year after implementing drones for call responses, the Los Angeles Police Department reports that the technology has improved response times and ...

The FBI and the FAA are investigating after a Los Angeles Police Department Airbus AS350 helicopter was struck by a drone in Tarzana earlier this week, the agencies confirmed to NBC Los Angeles on ...