SCOTTSDALE, AZ — A new high-tech drone from Aerodome is soon to be launched by the Scottsdale Police Department to help make the community safer.
This drone can fly at 53 mph and operates on a 3-mile radius. It will be stationed on a roof in south Scottsdale, operated remotely by a pilot inside the Real Time Crime Center while 911 calls are coming in.
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Scottsdale Assistant Chief Rich Slavin said they will be able to help on "anything from a high-risk tactical call where maybe we have an armed and barricaded subject."
"We want to get aerial coverage on that call, or a burglary in progress call," he said.
In regard to privacy concerns with the drones, Slavin insists they will only record when arriving at a scene.
Learn more about the new technology in the player above.
