{"id":149190,"date":"2026-03-26T16:29:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T16:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/149190\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T16:29:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T16:29:07","slug":"drone-police-unit-doubles-in-bensalem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/149190\/","title":{"rendered":"Drone Police Unit Doubles In Bensalem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BENSALEM TOWNSHIP, PA \u2014 The Bensalem Township Police Department has doubled the size of its drone unit.<\/p>\n<p>The Bensalem Township Police Department and Department of Public Safety said that John Monaghan from JRM Drone Service and a UAV Coach trained 12 of the department&#8217;s newest drone pilots.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities said that drone technology is rapidly changing the way law enforcement serves the community, and Bensalem is staying ahead of the curve. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With these new pilots, we\u2019ve officially doubled the size of our drone unit to better support our officers and respond more efficiently to calls,&#8221; Bensalem Police said. <\/p>\n<p>The police department has also launched its Drone as First Responder (DFR) program, which allows drones to be deployed immediately to incidents\u2014often arriving before officers\u2014to provide real-time information and enhance public safety.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2019re proud to continue investing in technology that helps keep our residents and visitors safe,&#8221; police said.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"1586961-1774534877\" data-image=\"1586961-1774534877\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/BEN_9654.jpg\" data- \/> <\/p>\n<p>(Bensalem Township Police Department)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BENSALEM TOWNSHIP, PA \u2014 The Bensalem Township Police Department has doubled the size of its drone unit. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":149191,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[191,193,192,194],"class_list":["post-149190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bensalem","tag-bensalem","tag-bensalem-headlines","tag-bensalem-news","tag-bensalem-township"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149190\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}