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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Now on Colorado's Morning News. Don't be alarmed if you
see more drones in and around the city of Greeley
this week.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
That's because Greetley first Responder is going to be testing
a drone pilot program to see how they can better
support the city's public safety departments, including police, fire, emergency management,
and public works personnel and joining us on the Kawa
Comma Spirit of Health outline. Greelely Police Chief, it's Adam Turk.
Chief Turk. We appreciate you coming on with us this morning.
The idea behind using the drones. How long has this
been in if you want to say, play or thought
(00:27):
about too? Where now you're going to be actually using them?
Speaker 3 (00:31):
Good morning and thank you for having me. I appreciate it.
We've been looking into the use of drones as a
first responder for a little over a year now. We've
done some business off site to some different warehouses and
testing locations to see if this is something that we
can bring to Greally at Northern Colorado as a public
safety measure.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
Explain a little bit about how the process would work
from receiving a phone call to actually deploying and collecting
the drone information.
Speaker 3 (00:58):
Yeah, So the goal this week is five days of
testing where we're going to deploy the drones on certain
high priority calls. We call them Priority one and Priority
two calls, and the dispatcher takes the call, the call
gets entered into the computer, and then our pilots are
going to determine which ones to meet the matrix. They'll
click a launch button, the drone will be in the air,
(01:20):
and the goal is to be on scene between sixty
and ninety seconds.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
The drone pilots, the operators, are they law enforcement as well?
Are they trained from a different crew of people that
know how to run drones.
Speaker 3 (01:34):
It's a mixture. It could be sworn officers or civilian
employees that have been through some type of training as
pilots to deploy the drones.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
What are some of the examples of specific calls You
say priority one calls, But what would that look like
for a citizen in Greeley.
Speaker 3 (01:50):
Yeah, for a citizen in Greeley, it's anything that's an
emergency or in progress where it can get there faster
than an officer to get eyes on a seen to
assist the officers and the public have a we have
a strong feeling that data is going to show us
that there's going to be twenty to thirty percent of
(02:11):
calls that the drones go on where we won't even
need to send an officer to. An example would be
a traffic accident that gets called in with injuries. You know,
typically we send two police officers, a couple of fire trucks,
and an ambulance emergent. If a drone can get there
quickly and determine that it's a very minor accident, we
(02:32):
can slow everyone down, slow down all the public safety
resources responding, and that keeps everyone safer.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
So I was going to say, Chief, I would imagine
one is safety too, is probably cost because it's less
costly to send out, as you say, the service vehicles.
I mean, I haven't seen them for random calls to
see the fire trucks come as saying, does this really
require the big hook and ladder truck on a call
like this? But I see they then in different districts,
mind you. But also safety is well for your officers too,
because I would imagine if there is a safety issue,
(03:02):
you use the drone first. It's more immedia before you
have to send in first responders. If there is a
greater conflict or issue wherever the scene is.
Speaker 3 (03:10):
Yeah, it's great. I mean, this isn't just to keep
our citizens safe, but it's also to keep our officers safe.
And if we can reduce critical incidents or not have
an officer involved shooting because of the use of a drone,
everyone wins. And I'll give you an example of a
call that I saw for a department using a drone.
It came out as a kid with a gun in
(03:32):
a gas station. The drone got there, got eyes on
and it was a water gun, a toy water gun,
and all of a sudden, you took all these resources
that were going out there on the belief that there
was someone with a gun in a gas station where
it really wasn't and that safety for everyone.
Speaker 1 (03:49):
In wrapping up with you, once this week of testing
and evaluating the program will be complete, what do you
hope the city does from here? Is this the possibility
of making this a permanent thing? Would these drones be
used by other cities, other departments? Because I know the
cost of the drone can also be pricey as well.
Speaker 3 (04:06):
Yeah, the cost of the drone and the dock and
the pilot is extensive, and I know that cost is
a component that we're going to have to take into consideration.
So the data is to give good information to our policymakers,
our city leadership, and our city council to explain how
this force multiplier, this tool can be used to potentially
(04:29):
save resources on police officers. But yeah, there is a
cost component. So I don't see it happening next week,
but we.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
Need to be ready with the data and Chief, final question,
I just I don't know if you address this. I
apologize I missed it. Have the citizens do you think
they will like this? The folks have greatly or will
you ask them at some point after you go through
some of the paces with it.
Speaker 3 (04:50):
Yeah, that's a great point. I mean, transparency with technology
as we leverage technology is the name of the game.
And our Real Time Information Center is already using hundreds
of cameras to benefit public safety, and we have had
community meetings, press releases, and we're going to do the
same thing with drones. We want people to know that
we're not looking to invade their privacy. We're just looking
(05:13):
to keep them safer.
Speaker 1 (05:14):
Greally polease, Chief, it's Adam Turk. Thank you so much
for your time this morning.
Now on Colorado's Morning News. Don't be alarmed if you
see more drones in and around the city of Greeley
this week.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
That's because Greetley first Responder is going to be testing
a drone pilot program to see how they can better
support the city's public safety departments, including police, fire, emergency management,
and public works personnel and joining us on the Kawa
Comma Spirit of Health outline. Greelely Police Chief, it's Adam Turk.
Chief Turk. We appreciate you coming on with us this morning.
The idea behind using the drones. How long has this
been in if you want to say, play or thought
(00:27):
about too? Where now you're going to be actually using them?
Speaker 3 (00:31):
Good morning and thank you for having me. I appreciate it.
We've been looking into the use of drones as a
first responder for a little over a year now. We've
done some business off site to some different warehouses and
testing locations to see if this is something that we
can bring to Greally at Northern Colorado as a public
safety measure.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
Explain a little bit about how the process would work
from receiving a phone call to actually deploying and collecting
the drone information.
Speaker 3 (00:58):
Yeah, So the goal this week is five days of
testing where we're going to deploy the drones on certain
high priority calls. We call them Priority one and Priority
two calls, and the dispatcher takes the call, the call
gets entered into the computer, and then our pilots are
going to determine which ones to meet the matrix. They'll
click a launch button, the drone will be in the air,
(01:20):
and the goal is to be on scene between sixty
and ninety seconds.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
The drone pilots, the operators, are they law enforcement as well?
Are they trained from a different crew of people that
know how to run drones.
Speaker 3 (01:34):
It's a mixture. It could be sworn officers or civilian
employees that have been through some type of training as
pilots to deploy the drones.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
What are some of the examples of specific calls You
say priority one calls, But what would that look like
for a citizen in Greeley.
Speaker 3 (01:50):
Yeah, for a citizen in Greeley, it's anything that's an
emergency or in progress where it can get there faster
than an officer to get eyes on a seen to
assist the officers and the public have a we have
a strong feeling that data is going to show us
that there's going to be twenty to thirty percent of
(02:11):
calls that the drones go on where we won't even
need to send an officer to. An example would be
a traffic accident that gets called in with injuries. You know,
typically we send two police officers, a couple of fire trucks,
and an ambulance emergent. If a drone can get there
quickly and determine that it's a very minor accident, we
(02:32):
can slow everyone down, slow down all the public safety
resources responding, and that keeps everyone safer.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
So I was going to say, Chief, I would imagine
one is safety too, is probably cost because it's less
costly to send out, as you say, the service vehicles.
I mean, I haven't seen them for random calls to
see the fire trucks come as saying, does this really
require the big hook and ladder truck on a call
like this? But I see they then in different districts,
mind you. But also safety is well for your officers too,
because I would imagine if there is a safety issue,
(03:02):
you use the drone first. It's more immedia before you
have to send in first responders. If there is a
greater conflict or issue wherever the scene is.
Speaker 3 (03:10):
Yeah, it's great. I mean, this isn't just to keep
our citizens safe, but it's also to keep our officers safe.
And if we can reduce critical incidents or not have
an officer involved shooting because of the use of a drone,
everyone wins. And I'll give you an example of a
call that I saw for a department using a drone.
It came out as a kid with a gun in
(03:32):
a gas station. The drone got there, got eyes on
and it was a water gun, a toy water gun,
and all of a sudden, you took all these resources
that were going out there on the belief that there
was someone with a gun in a gas station where
it really wasn't and that safety for everyone.
Speaker 1 (03:49):
In wrapping up with you, once this week of testing
and evaluating the program will be complete, what do you
hope the city does from here? Is this the possibility
of making this a permanent thing? Would these drones be
used by other cities, other departments? Because I know the
cost of the drone can also be pricey as well.
Speaker 3 (04:06):
Yeah, the cost of the drone and the dock and
the pilot is extensive, and I know that cost is
a component that we're going to have to take into consideration.
So the data is to give good information to our policymakers,
our city leadership, and our city council to explain how
this force multiplier, this tool can be used to potentially
(04:29):
save resources on police officers. But yeah, there is a
cost component. So I don't see it happening next week,
but we.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
Need to be ready with the data and Chief, final question,
I just I don't know if you address this. I
apologize I missed it. Have the citizens do you think
they will like this? The folks have greatly or will
you ask them at some point after you go through
some of the paces with it.
Speaker 3 (04:50):
Yeah, that's a great point. I mean, transparency with technology
as we leverage technology is the name of the game.
And our Real Time Information Center is already using hundreds
of cameras to benefit public safety, and we have had
community meetings, press releases, and we're going to do the
same thing with drones. We want people to know that
we're not looking to invade their privacy. We're just looking
(05:13):
to keep them safer.
Speaker 1 (05:14):
Greally polease, Chief, it's Adam Turk. Thank you so much
for your time this morning.
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