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O'Fallon unveils drone-first-responder program and soft-launch of "Arctic" operations
Summary
Police announced that the city's real-time information center ("Arctic") is in soft launch and that a Drone First Responder (DFR) program using Flock drones will deploy across three city launch sites, aiming to get drones on-scene in about 90 seconds to improve situational awareness and officer safety.
O'Fallon police leaders told the council they have activated a soft launch of the city's real-time information center (referred to as "Arctic") and will deploy a Drone First Responder (DFR) program intended to provide near-immediate aerial support.
"With the new DFR program, they already can get a drone in the air and to an incident quicker than most of our resources, and usually and it is our plan that we'll do that within 90…
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