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Agency official seeks additional drone and operators in this year's budget
Summary
An agency official requested funding in this year's budget to add a drone and operators to the department's drone team, saying the equipment has helped locate missing people and aid suspect apprehensions; cost and vote details were not provided.
An agency official said, "In this year's budget, we're seeking to add an additional drone and drone operators to the department's drone team," describing the request as a way to boost the department's ability to locate missing people and assist officers in apprehending suspects.
The official said the additional drone would be very similar to the one currently in use and argued the department's existing drone has "allowed our officers to apprehend multiple suspects as well as missing individuals." The official said the technology is used to help find missing persons and juveniles and to support suspect-apprehension efforts.
The request was presented as part of this year's budget process. The transcript did not specify the purchase cost, the number of additional operators requested, a procurement timeline, or any formal vote or decision on the proposal. No other speakers or questions about the request were recorded in the provided segments.
Next steps were not described in the transcript excerpt; the budget request will proceed through the jurisdiction's normal budget review and approval process, if and as scheduled.
