“As an alternative of a 911 name [that triggers the drone], it’s an alarm name,” says Keith Kauffman, a former police chief who now directs Flock’s drone program. “It’s nonetheless the identical kind of response.”
Kauffman walked via how the drone program may work within the case of retail theft: If the safety group at a retailer like Residence Depot, for instance, noticed shoplifters depart the shop, then the drone, outfitted with cameras, might be activated from its docking station on the roof.
“The drone follows the folks. The folks get in a automotive. You click on a button,” he says, “and also you monitor the car with the drone, and the drone simply follows the automotive.”
The video feed of that drone may go to the corporate’s safety group, however it may be robotically transmitted on to police departments.
