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Red Deer RCMP to send drones to calls before officers arrive

Red Deer RCMP have begun sending drones to some calls before officers arrive. Police say the Drone as First Responder program, known as DFR, is the first of its kind in Canada. It launched on June 18. The program runs Monday to Friday, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Drones take off from the north […]

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Sweden says it intercepted Russian drone during visit by French aircraft carrier

STOCKHOLM (AP) — A Russian drone carried out an unauthorized flight off southern Sweden earlier this week while a French aircraft carrier was docked in the port of Malmö, the Swedish military said Friday, in what the defense minister said was a violation of his country’s airspace. The armed forces said in a statement that […]

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Mexican police in Chiapas unveil armed drones to combat cartels

TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — Police in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas unveiled a fleet of armed drones Tuesday that they say will better position them against the heavily armed drug cartels vying for control of their border with Guatemala. Frequently outgunned by cartels with heavy guns and increasingly with drones that drop improvised explosive […]

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Congress takes up a series of bills targeting China, from drones to drugs

WASHINGTON (AP) — How to curb and counter China’s influence and power — through its biotech companies, drones and electric vehicles — will dominate the U.S. House’s first week back from summer break, with lawmakers taking up a series of measures targeting Beijing. Washington views Beijing as its biggest geopolitical rival, and the legislation is […]

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Demo shows use of drones by RCMP in rural, Indigenous communities

A five-year-old has taken off from a residence into a wooded area in Îyârhe (Stoney) Nakoda First Nation. This was the mock scenario Cochrane RCMP painted for a drone demonstration on Friday (June 14) during trials it was conducting in the First Nation earlier this month.  From a meeting room at the Cochrane detachment, a […]

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