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P a g e | 21Redwood City Police Department <br />2025 <br />Annual Military Equipment Use Report <br />recognized standards compliance within the Department’s drone program. <br />The total cost of tuition for these courses was approximately $9,663.00. A significant amount of in- <br />house training was also conducted with other members of the UAS team during working hours and on <br />dedicated UAS Team training days. <br />Use of UAS (Unmanned Aerial System) During 2025 <br />The Redwood City Police Department utilized Skydio X10 drones for a total of 608 incidents in 2025, <br />the majority of which were calls for service, but also include some investigation-driven and officer- <br />initiated deployments. The Department first acquired Skydio equipment in June of 2025. <br />There were a total of 1,738 flights on the Skydio X10. A large portion of these were during training, <br />equipment testing, or account for multiple operational flights during a single call for service. <br />Between June and December, the Redwood City Police Department utilized Skydio X10 drones across <br />a broad spectrum of incidents, reflecting full operational integration into daily policing activities. <br />Deployments most frequently supported disturbance-related calls, citizen assists and welfare checks, <br />and suspicious activity incidents, where rapid aerial awareness can significantly enhance officer safety <br />and response effectiveness. The drones were also used in proactive enforcement activity, traffic- <br />related incidents, investigative follow-up, and violent and property crime responses. Additional <br />deployments supported quality-of-life concerns, alarm calls, fires, outside agency assists, and missing <br />person cases. <br />Call Type Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total <br />Disturbances 15 19 16 25 29 18 3 125 <br />Citizen Assists / Welfare Checks 14 8 10 16 22 12 1 83 <br />Suspicious Activity 13 9 9 6 10 13 3 63 <br />Proactive Enforcement & Checks 8 5 7 12 14 6 2 54 <br />Collisions & Traffic Issues 13 6 2 5 8 8 4 46 <br />Investigative Follow-Up 4 7 4 11 9 6 4 45 <br />Violent Crimes 7 12 2 3 8 6 1 39 <br />Property Crimes 4 3 6 5 6 12 36 <br />Quality of Life 7 8 2 2 12 3 1 35 <br />Alarms 8 1 7 3 7 4 4 34 <br />Other Crimes 1 4 2 2 5 3 17 <br />Fires 3 2 2 3 2 1 13 <br />Outside Assists 3 1 2 1 3 10 <br />Missing Persons 1 1 4 1 1 8 <br />Total Incidents 100 84 69 96 134 98 27 608 <br />9.A. - Page 34 of 197 <br />391