The largest city in Northern Colorado, Fort Collins, has successfully launched one of the first-ever “drone as a city resource” programs in the United States. Fort Collins now has drones flying the city nearly every day as a resource to the police, fire and utilities departments.
At the start of 2026, the city began operating three drones, all of which are stationed at Poudre Fire Authority stations on the city’s northern and southern edges.
Fort Collins Police Services Sgt. Ryan Barash, who oversees the police drone and K9 programs, said this is the first city-wide drone program created by the drone company Skydio, and possibly one of the first ever by any company in the United States…