The California Supreme Court has declined to take up the latest appeal by the city of Chula Vista over the long-running ...

CHULA VISTA — Chula Vista police now have federal permission to fly drones to respond to 911 calls anywhere in the city — the first law enforcement agency in the nation allowed to do so. The ...

Each month Chula Vista police send out drones to hundreds of 911 calls, and since March 2021, from at least five launch sites, which include a community college and two hospitals.

Since the Chula Vista Police Department began operations on Monday, October 22, a drone has been deployed 29 times. About 30 percent of those calls were related to some type of disturbance and ...

While Chula Vista’s police department says that it has done extensive community outreach around the drone program, Pedro Rios, a local resident and the director of the American Friends Service ...

Since 2018, the Chula Vista Police Department has been able to deploy drones as first responders for select law enforcement situations. In August 2019, the program was expanded to cover 33% of the ...

Share Drone telepresence leader Cape and the Chula Vista Police Department announced Thursday that Cape-enabled drones will officially be implemented into daily emergency response missions. The ...

The Chula Vista Police drones transmit images directly to an operations center at the police station, Oct. 25, 2018. Chula Vista Police are employing a new type of first responder — drones.

According to the Chula Vista Police Department, it typically takes up to six minutes for police officers to respond to 911 calls, a drone can do it in less than two minutes. Another advantage is ...

CHULA VISTA, CA – November 1, 2018 – The City of Chula Vista Police Department has completed more than 30 drone flights having announced on October 25, 2018, a program with the Federal ...

Chula Vista Police and Chula Vista Fire will use drones with cameras Author: cbs8.com Published: 1:17 PM PDT April 14, 2017 Updated: 1:17 PM PDT April 14, 2017 ...