Police highlight drone 'DFR' program response metrics at JOC briefing
Assistant Chief Dave McBain told the Public Safety Committee that the DFR (drone) program handled thousands of calls in 2026 year-to-date, avoided police dispatch on several hundred occasions, and helped locate missing children within minutes; officials said drones and real-time analytics are a force multiplier for first responders.
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Assistant Chief Dave McBain presented operational metrics for police-managed JOC components, saying the county’s drone-first-responder program (DFR) has logged thousands of responses and has reduced the need for some officer deployments.
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