Captain Don Redmond on Chula Vista PD's groundbreaking drone program

The agency’s Drone as First Responders program deploys at-the-ready drones from the top of buildings to calls for service and critical incidents

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With 4,300 missions under its duty belt, the Chula Vista Police Department's drone program isn’t just breaking deployment records, it is also reinventing how law enforcement agencies use UAS and drone technology.

In this episode of the Policing Matters podcast, host Jim Dudley speaks with Chula Vista PD Captain Don Redmond about how the agency is using drones as first responders.

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In the Policing Matters Podcast, Police1 columnist and San Francisco Deputy Chief Jim Dudley (ret.) interviews law enforcement experts from across the nation and discusses current news and critical issues impacting all police officers. Have a topic you would like discussed on the show? Send your comments and suggestions to policingmatters@policeone.com, and tune in every Friday for a new episode. Policing Matters is available for download on iTunes, SoundCloud, Amazon Music, Stitcher, Spotify, and via RSS feed.