Police departments across the country are lining up to launch drone-as-first-responder (DFR) programs, and hundreds have cleared a necessary hurdle toward making deployment a reality, expanding aerial surveillance and data collection even in areas patrol officers typically can’t reach.
As of February 2026, over 1,000 public safety agencies—including police, fire, and other emergency management agencies—had received Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) waivers needed to automate drone operations and launch a DFR program, according to a recent Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) release listing agencies that have obtained Part 91 waivers since the FAA streamlined and sped up the process in April 2025.
So we really are commited to the Cyberpunk 2077 any% glich-less speedrun, huh?
No because we skipped the cool implants and passed more gun laws. So none of those budget firearm vending machines or gorilla arms and 2nd hearts.
The goal, of course, being a nationwide surveillance net so complete that every citizen is tracked from the moment they step out their front door.
why stop at the front door? 💀🙏
Wouldn’t be needed if we stopped the billionaires from siphoning every last cent out of our economy.
Tax Wealth, Not Work.
amen brudda
Surveillance drones as first responders are already not needed.
AHh yes, The drones are there for your protection phase. Got it. Don’t trust it.
I wonder if it’s possible to train birds to attack drones
It is, although, probably not chickens
Not with that alttitude
At least these are better than the creepy spider drones from Minority Report.
And instead of keeping humans in a network connected techno-pond we are trapping silicon into datacenters so take that PKD
Hoard used microwaves.
I wonder how those employed in law enforcement will feel once they realize boot-lickers are also replaceable.
