Hear a gunshot? Uruguay's drones respond before police

Hear a gunshot? Uruguay's drones respond before police

When a critical incident unfolds, every minute counts. In Uruguay’s capital city of Montevideo, authorities are now turning to autonomous drones to shave precious minutes off emergency response times, and potentially give police a clearer picture of what they’re walking into before they even arrive.

Uruguayan Government Announces New Drone Dispatch Program

The Montevideo deployment, run in partnership with Uruguayan technology firm Timerix, ties gunshot-detection alerts to automated drone dispatch and live aerial feeds for police. FlytBase has announced a new autonomous drone program for Uruguay’s Ministry of the Interior, deployed in partnership with Uruguayan technology firm Timerix S.A. According to the San Jose, California company, the […] The post Uruguayan Government Announces New Drone Disp…