Today's cover: NYPD buys top-of-the-line tactical flying tech, explores drone usage to answer 911 calls even before cops get there
on July 16 in what it said was a trial of the devices’ “remote-piloted public messaging capabilities,” but it was unclear if the Lemur 2 was used.
Brinc touted its plans to use the copters as first responders as part of the Lemur 2 rollout, noting it intends to invest “in a safer tomorrow by developing a network of docked drone systems to respond to 911 calls quickly and effectively, moving response time from minutes or hours into seconds while providing the capabilities to enable a de-escalation-first approach to public safety.
The most well-known use has been in Chula Vista, CA, where cops have flown 14,000 drone flights to assess human response to emergency calls since 2018, according to the department. It’s not clear if the NYPD has concrete plans to use drones to respond to 911 calls in the future, but Councilwoman Kamillah Hanks , chair of the public safety committee, confirmed that the department is exploring the option.
That’s compared to the roughly $7 million total the NYPD paid the company in the five years prior to Adams taking office.
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