Adam Bry

Very different application, but same concept.

Responding to a 911 instance, here there's a stolen vehicle.

So they're able to follow the stolen vehicle from the air.

They know exactly where he is, they know what he's doing.

I don't know about you, when I steal a car, I like to steal a license plate to go along with it.

So SFPD knew that this happened, but they never actually caught anybody in the act.

With the drone, they're able to get this asymmetric advantage.

So now he's got stolen plates.

He's going to put the plates on his vehicle.

conveniently holds it up so he can read it from the air.

He's got a stolen vehicle, stolen plates, he's tinting the windows.

So this is the beginning of a crime spree.

He's probably going to go off and steal a bunch more stuff, but the cops know exactly where he is, they know exactly what he's doing, so they roll a plainclothes unit out, they roll spike strips, he's got flat tires, can't go very far, they take him into custody.

So this is safer for everybody involved.

It's certainly safer for the community.

It's also safer for the officers.

Honestly, it's even safer for the suspect, because they know exactly where he is and what he's doing.

So since SFPD has implemented this technology, they've seen a 30% drop in crime, 40% drop in auto theft.

I can't say that I blame the auto thieves.

I probably wouldn't want to steal a car either.