One U.S. city has retired its traditional police aircraft and replaced them with drones, including one the department says is the first of its kind.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Josh Ashdown, sergeant over the Salt Lake City Police Department drone program, puts a drone on a dock that charges and downloads ...

Chattanooga Police now have a new way to get eyes on an emergency before an officer ever reaches the scene.

Owasso Police can now send drones to nearly every police or fire 911 call, anywhere in the city, within seconds. The department rolled out the Drone First Responder Program a few months ago, and it ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Honolulu Police Department is using drones as first responders to 911 calls for police service and requests for help in two ...

Nassau County police are deploying eight new drones, acting as first responders to emergency calls and patrolling over large events, the department announced Monday. The $1 million program is being ...

Police in Anaheim, Santa Ana and Stanton used drones to identify illegal fireworks activity during Fourth of July celebrations, helping officers issue hundreds of citations and seize thousands of ...

Shoot off an illegal firework in Southern California, and you might find a police drone hovering overhead. This is the second year that the Riverside Police Department is using drones to spot and ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — A Target 12 survey of all Rhode Island law enforcement agencies found drones are now the norm, not the exception. As departments race toward drones that answer 911 calls ...

“As technology evolves, we have a responsibility to thoughtfully embrace innovations that improve public safety. Drone technology is one of those tools.” The police department’s drone program includes ...