{"id":364677,"date":"2026-07-08T00:21:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T00:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/364677\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T00:21:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T00:21:08","slug":"fort-worth-police-department-adds-drone-as-first-responder-program-keller-roanoke-northeast-fort-worth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/364677\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Worth Police Department adds Drone as First Responder program | Keller &#8211; Roanoke &#8211; Northeast Fort Worth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cBetter information leads to better decisions, and better decisions lead to safer outcomes for everyone involved,\u201d Fort Worth Police Chief Eddie Garc\u00eda said. \u201cThis technology has the potential to reduce unnecessary risk, improve response capabilities and enhance public safety for the entire Fort Worth community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Flock, when a 911 call comes in, a Fort Worth Police Department drone can launch and reach nearby scenes, streaming a live aerial view to officers in the field, dispatch and the department&#8217;s real-time crime center.<\/p>\n<p>That early picture helps responders assess conditions, identify potential hazards and coordinate a response before the first unit arrives, a city release <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fortworthtexas.gov\/news\/2026\/6\/pd-drone?fbclid=IwY2xjawS6HO1leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFIcGhmcGY3V3p5TGJINjZzc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHuj0L_ZUX8X442khXUxYxba8C5IHEcd3WxVQzjE8p0mKB33eJS0evU0ycsT2_aem_jwX6FONEbnB9E5HLvdMtyA\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">states<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[The drone] allows officers to know what they\u2019re walking into before they get there,\u201d Garcia said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cBetter information leads to better decisions, and better decisions lead to safer outcomes for everyone involved,\u201d Fort Worth&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":364678,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[45649,7884,19098,116,118,117,2238],"class_list":["post-364677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-crime-reduction","tag-eddie-garcia","tag-flock","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news","tag-fort-worth-police-department"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=364677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/364678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}