Virginia Beach police are launching a new program at the Oceanfront this Fourth of July weekend that they say will help officers respond faster to serious calls — from the sky.
The department on Thursday unveiled its new “Drones as First Responder” program at Precinct 2 near the Oceanfront. The program uses drones housed in rooftop docking stations, known as hives, that can be deployed remotely by operators inside the city’s Real Time Crime Center.
Police Chief Paul Neudigate called the launch a major step for the department…