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Commissioners renew DroneSense agreement to support sheriff's drone program
Summary
Randall County approved renewing its DroneSense contract for live-streaming and documentation of drone operations, which department staff said has assisted wildfire response, search-and-rescue, and tactical operations; the service is budgeted and estimated at about $8,000.
The Randall County Commissioners on Feb. 10 approved renewing the county's agreement with DroneSense, the platform the sheriff's office uses to livestream drone footage to incident commanders and partner agencies.
A department representative described DroneSense as a tool that allows the sheriff's office to share real-time drone video with fire departments, incident command and other personnel, and to preserve the footage for auditing and policy compliance. "It provides us the ability to livestream our drone footage to basically anyone that that we think needs to have it," the presenter said.
The representative told commissioners the county used drones during wildfire and flood responses and for search-and-rescue. The platform also catalogs each launch and documents purpose and location for auditing. A commissioner asked about cost; another reported it is budgeted and estimated at about $8,000.
The court voted 5-0 to approve continuing the DroneSense agreement; staff said the contract is already budgeted and will remain in the department's operating plan.
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