Palm Springs Police Department, Real Time Intelligence Center (RTIC) & Drone as First Responder (DFR) Program is the largest DFR programme in the United States, covering 37 square miles (or roughly 60 square kilometres).
Drones are managed in a networked fashion. There are 12 mini ‘towers’ deployed in rooftop locations that house the electronics and antennae to provide the communications for the drones. MatrixSpace is providing the technology to make this possible.
Our sister publication Global Airspace Radar talks to the people and organisations involved in managing this challenging operation.