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Sheriff outlines drone-as-first-responder pilot after 2025 workload spike
Summary
Sheriff JD Hartman told the Mocksville Town board a planned live test of a drone-as-first-responder system could cut response times dramatically in the busiest zones; the initiative will start as a two‑drone test integrated with 911, fire partners and camera vendors.
Sheriff JD Hartman presented a detailed proposal to make drones a first responder in parts of Mocksville and the surrounding county, saying the technology could put "eyes on the scene" well before ground units arrive.
"For the calendar year of 2025, we had 39,869 man‑hours inside Mocksville town limits," Hartman said, adding that equates to roughly 19 full‑time officers deployed across calls in town. He said 4,230 calls were handled in town in 2025 and 87.4% of those were answered inside the 9‑minute contractual…
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