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Send in the drones: Hampton Roads police, fire departments using flying machines as ‘first responders’

One afternoon last fall, two police officers heard a 911 call about a man in a mental health crisis. Within 20 seconds, they launched a drone from the rooftop of the James City County Police Department headquarters in Lightfoot, flying it to a neighborhood about a mile away.

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The Virginian Pilot broke the news in Norfolk, United States on Saturday, May 9, 2026.
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