■f >> od morninnñg thank before i start i want to inucour lieutenant tom ■g ofr7 police officer association fiting to usij and drone program in s me2+vxnt orlike ■zto our mabecause it is heahere and mah.osition e vors excited to anounss

suessfully launched our drone program and this is all thanks to our mayor. obeen a game changer for the police department. think ve without air support over 24 years since off tremendous other logy at law enforcement agencies regularly drones offer major benefits that the captain and lieuten a discuss shortly. benefits include, faster times, situational awareness, tools, more formulate a plan, officesafety enhanced, avoiding in necessary police and integration with technology such as cameras we putting up around the ci■yas this is truly a force ■"yp mulour staffing shortages, isd not have come at a better time.

fiof the drone program included the purchase of 6 drones with more on the way. drones already assisted sfpd in nuincluding a sexual assault le burglary, 4th of july may hame able successful and peaceful revery quickly, much quicker then previous we also arrested violent and wanted s wi help of we es in drones are use said re responds to protect the public. all ■@the drone ave certification and we plan to increase the use of drones in the months to come to continue to driv■/e down cri in san francisco.

other technology such pr cameras and public sacameras to effective and efficiently respond to crime. crime is do)1in san francisco. it is down lower then it the past decade and with drones we i/ our officers are working very very hard to make sure that this city the safest city in america and we will continue this trend with the w help of wn 12 percent, prairpt crime is down 35 percent, and again, i have to give thanks to our leader of our for making all happen. without further ado, i will introduce mayor london breed. >> thank you chief scott and thank yo to our district attorney brooke pla president lieutenant tracey mccray and others from thn ■i

nt joining us today. . it happened because we worked it all started when last year i had a opportittovisit a number of our stations in san francisco, poe p stationshad conver sations with nyrs the feedback time and time again we need more tools to do a job for the people of san francisco, and they would talk to me about technology how othethis technology effective it was. last year in october, we got th and we e an announcement know notorious for ersarwe car break ins. we stood there to talk specifically technology, not

just drone technolo■k■gy and giving office e tool they need inreportat n spend more team on the the job of police work that as the ■kchief has mentioned, leads to better and safer results. and i codn't be more happy that the technology that we is camerasicas license plate readers and surveillance technology that will also be out there on the streets of san francisco this is a game-changer and i ust say that, i didn't thinkwould be as impactful as has for our city. last year n saw the lowest crime rate we have seen in 10 years, not cemic. this year we are even then wein 2023 and this

a real game-changeer. we are excited about what this means. committing crimes in our city, who are not sdays in hours, and having this technology has added additional value. but despite this technology, i department has been working really ha on the retail theft operation, a car operation and with this new technology we have a tool our they are eeing early results. we will see more and more change as a his.be very clear, when u crothin san francisco, there i ecdistrict attorn because she is prosecuting those cas but we have not aband values of giving people second chanc providing

a ■krobust amount of thatget people on the right path and working with organizations and orlines are crossed, we ve a job to do. protect public safety in th city and now thestechnology tools, it is a game-changeer importantly, there is mo come. this is only the beginning, the results are already showing very promising imin our ■■department, and i am looking forward to seas we roll out, as i said earlier, more su training morerñ of our officers to be and use drone technology and making sure that we are taking advantage every oprtunity to keep the entire city of san francisco safe, so d about forward for more >> thank you mayor. now we'll hear from captain s

lieutenant tom mcguire. before we start, let me th their leadership. proposition e passed in march, sed in whh we have gotten this program together procured a drone, it goes beyond the police department, but it really instrumental these two gentleman alg with lazar in the department, turn it over to them, i also want to thank other city departments, including our contract administration fre r' and the mayor's office staff and really speed unheard of r city, so the sense of urgency is the point i'm try toog make here. we have a sense of urgency to make this a safe city and ththings in the city the people deserve and that sense here ge

now, not even 6 months after proposition passed. we launched the drone prog with that, i'll turn it ■to captain dellgandio and nt mce.you chief. good morning. i'm commanding of strategic investigation unit. myself g with e drone bram. we'll share es with you. this is 'é■from july 4, obvious. city.rks a major issue in for the first time to get a drone up overhead and get a observation on the ground without putting officers in danger. med placedisrupt this activity.

as you e you will see the officers move in and fireworks ing create a safe environment for folks we are able to de-escalate the situation because va visual observation what was going on from overhead. again, e, the fire works stopped and the dispersed. >> [indiscernible]

th this nc our ability. l drone er in there bay area and he is able to maintain the footage and weable ground [indiscernible] embarcad and we re le to doa safe effective without the drone it is [indisc successful1? e next day, that happened friday night, this was the next nigh saturday night and [indiscernible■ stolen [indiscernible] alerted us to the area of officers spotted it out in thindividuals

[indiscernle] situational awareness and we leto coordinate wi resources on the ground. preven dangerous d able to get all the luggage back. they were verpleased and triedge to everything back intact and >íwe had a lot of success.thisol e officers ar able to be safe and efficient l early in again, [indiscernible] ■k >> thank you captain and thank you. trour district attorney, brooke jenkins >> &2thank you chief and i like to thank the policedepartment and our london breed for working what you just e le.

far behind the curve in having the technology that we need city to make sure at crime. and so i just appreciate the two of them working together to make sure san francisco as a city has what needs to not only react once a is pefully have a to deter crime, because thats what wewan wectinurof able to nd a you do things in our city that are illegal you will . a part ■xwhy to announce and third video you saw resultin resulted in charges filed by my individuals who participated in the auto-burglaries. we have to look at the steps of

the process, so yes want arrest and also want to have the evidence we need ■> a da office to file and footage we were to file burglary charges and two repeat offders. as a trial lawy■■rjurors in 2024 expect to see what happened. they dont just want to be told what their perspective is, they th independently evaluate the evidence a case, and you just saw, this is going to be key ce the courtroom tor suortive ofçessential in al■>ng

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here today,b two of the three incidents we showed you involved people ng into cars, which plagued our city for decades. out 5700 break-ins break-ins. this time last year, well this only as good the people who e it and fairly, d of this techno mayor said, they asked for they embraced and e good us we believe, we believe with all hearts this is the game-changeer told you crime it is low we haven't seen in over a decad

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doesn't have a helicopter support program. can you talk about the risk ofr cernible] p2 >> well, there are th any ipment. drones can crash. the technology is very advanced. some gy most impossible to crash into anything. to a rules. there is flight patterns we have eg concerned with, but those things thank tuesthou team, we a lot of research and into ps to other e we have take account and we wo unit orders and we believe we ha taken ccount. there is alway equipment but drones are faly safe.

not unlike a helicopter, a drone crashes co are fvnot investing much in the equipment. that as opposed to fires or ore for a helicopter and i believe in heptbut ort that, this really really what need. >> can give [indiscernible] depl around problematic ar and that is where are these drones or how u respond quickly? use in one of the cases you just saw, were d a puuiable thespdo, so ■uwhen the suspects tried to run, they couldn't. that is what we want to prevent as much as we can d from

occurring, but in the event we can't evom line is crim.vestigation end of pursuit maybe ■'■iduring the pursuit. if it mes the specification what the drone is cable prosition called we have been deplo. problematic areas around those zones? >> it is driven the investigations. as lieutenant mcguire pointed out, one the you w started wi flock alpr altilen vehicle is ing around the vehicle, the er spand thhicle and able to see cotimore crime d ehend

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crime and case ■an 30 days we purge the informatn, catie it toa crime. are surveilng and not just launched to [i ah over, unless there not just hoveringdrjust for unk connected to a criminal investigation and or itical incident like you e) saw on the 4th of july fireworks, that situation was out of control very quickly. type of situations we dont just passively fly there are specic mission focused specific crime or critical surfacing about foot

pursuit licy? >> it will be helpful for sure the benefit or did no have the benefit of having aerial support, and especially in a pursuit when you are trying to t perimeter.game changer. i use that word but it becaus what happens when you don't have that are much to go into apprehensionode. chase person till you catch them. whluxuy of aerial support dow you caset up the > how much iserall coght noñ;w.think we are-- ■f

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