“As a substitute 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 sort of response.”
Kauffman walked via how the drone program may work within the case of retail theft: If the safety workforce at a retailer like Dwelling Depot, for instance, noticed shoplifters depart the shop, then the drone, geared up with cameras, could possibly be activated from its docking station on the roof.
“The drone follows the individuals. The individuals get in a automotive. You click on a button,” he says, “and also you monitor the automobile with the drone, and the drone simply follows the automotive.”
The video feed of that drone may go to the corporate’s safety workforce, however it is also robotically transmitted on to police departments.