KTVU The July 3, 2024
Deescalation for apprehension of violent suspects, for Public Safety. When a call for Service Comes into the 911 dispatch center, drone, 56 will be in route to that. A remote pilot determines if the call needs a drone response. Drones are usually deployed for critical or life threatening situations. Officials say they are not allowed to be used for random surveillance. I was the Incident Commander on this incident, fire battalion chief Justin Dillman shows me drone footage taken while responding to a house fire. One of our other battalion chiefs was the person operating the drone that was able...