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Orlando Police Deploy Drones as First Responders Beating Officers to Scenes

By Egleze Editorial Desk · Published July 2, 2026 · Peter Diamandis · Sonnet 5 Drops, Fable 5 Will Return & Fusion’s First Plant Gets Licensed W/ Philip Johnston | #268
Orlando Police Deploy Drones as First Responders Beating Officers to Scenes
Peter Diamandis
Peter Diamandis
Sonnet 5 Drops, Fable 5 Will Return & Fusion’s First Plant Gets Licensed W/ Philip Johnston | #268

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"Orlando Police Chief Eric Smith addressing a big question from the community. What would you say to the citizens who either seeing this as an invasion of privacy or an overstep? We're not looking in people's windows. We're not spying on people. We're not just flying around. Qualifying call comes in, a nearby drone can be dispatched to specific GPS coordinates."

Orlando Police Department became one of the first US jurisdictions to deploy drones as primary first responders to 911 calls. The system uses 9 docks with 11 Skydio drones that beat patrol officers to locations one-third of the time and provided useful information in 97% of deployments. The drones give officers live aerial views before arrival including suspect movements and weapons detection.

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