Michael Ruff

New Capabilities

Shows the Real-Time Crime Center to visitors

Salt Lake City police have seven drones stationed at launch points around the city, and pilots can get one over a 911 call in about five seconds. Video feeds into a Real-Time Crime Center at downtown headquarters that combines dispatch audio, body-camera footage, drone video and license plate reader data on one wall of screens. The department's 2026 annual report counts 4,381 drone flights since July 2023 and says footage is kept only when it has evidentiary value.

Updated Oct 26