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Worcester committee requests report comparing manually operated drones and "drone-as-first-responder" programs
Summary
The Public Safety Committee asked staff to prepare a chairman's order and report comparing costs and operational differences between manually operated drones and automated "drone-as-first-responder" systems, and to survey how similar New England cities use UAS.
The Worcester City Public Safety Committee asked staff to prepare a chairman's order and report comparing different municipal uses of unmanned aircraft systems and how Worcester's program compares to similar cities in New England.
The request followed questions from councilors about cost-per-use comparisons and operational differences between manually piloted drones and automated “drone-as-first-responder”…
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