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State police say drone deployments surged; committee opts to keep annual drone reporting
Senate Committee on Government Operations · April 23, 2026
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Sergeant Michael Anderson told the Senate committee that state police logged about 160 drone deployments last year and assist local agencies; the committee agreed to continue annual drone-use reporting and reassess the statutory review in several years.
Sergeant Michael Anderson of the Department of Public Safety testified that the agency’s fleet supports crash reconstruction, search-and-rescue, tactical operations and local requests, and that drone usage has grown in recent years.
Anderson told the committee that ‘‘Last year,…
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