KALAMAZOO, MI — Red and blue flashing lights spotted over the city have been traced to a new, advanced police drone. The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety recently completed a six-day, no-cost “Drone as First Responder” pilot evaluation using a drone system provided by Axon in partnership with Skydio,

Josh Ashdown, sergeant over the Salt Lake City Police Department drone program, puts a drone on a dock that charges and downloads evidence from Salt Lake City Police Department drones during a demonstration at the Salt Lake City Police Department main office in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, July 7, 2026.

The Honolulu Police Department is using drones as first responders to 911 calls for police service and requests for help in two patrol districts as part of a push to use technology to expand public safety.

The bird’s-eye view offers a lot of advantages. The tech is sweeping through policing and many drones are now flying.

The FBI and Atlanta Police Department are using drones to scan for threat on the ground and in the sky ahead of the World Cup semifinals at Atlanta Stadium.

A member of Germany's newly formed federal police anti-drone unit aims a drone capture system during a December demonstration. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) Hybrid drone attacks on airports and drone surveillance of military bases in a “gray zone ...

Hoosier Uplands recently donated money to purchase a drone for the Orleans Police Department. In recent years, the local law enforcement agency

A nonverbal child with autism is back with his family after he was reported missing.

More than 20 public safety agencies deployed counter-drone technology to help secure the 2026 FIFA World Cup across North America.