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Dearborn approves drone pilot, taser purchase and vehicle upfitting for police
Summary
Council authorized a six-drone Skydio pilot, a five‑year drone contract and a purchase of 100 new tasers from Axon, along with a contract to upfit police vehicles; council and the police chief discussed staffing, privacy protocols and equipment certification.
The Dearborn City Council approved multiple public-safety acquisitions Dec. 7, including a six-drone Skydio pilot for first responders, a five‑year cooperative contract for leased drones, a five‑year purchase plan for 100 Axon tasers and a vehicle-upfitting contract for the police department.
Chief Shahin (police) told the council the Skydio pilot would station six drones across the city to shorten response times and provide live feeds to a planned real-time crime center. "It’s going to allow us faster response times... It provides a live feed to officers in the field in our real time crime…
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