Chief Gennaro: LVMPD deploys drones at every large-scale Las Vegas event
Chief Mike Gennaro · Las Vegas is Becoming the SAFEST City in America · Nov 18, 2024 · at 39:46
Chief Mike Gennaro is Chief of Staff at the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. He discusses drone operations used for venue monitoring and threat detection at major gatherings.
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“You know, they're used all the time now for public safety at large-scale events, right? F-one, we, these drones are up, buzzing around all day, all night, covering such a vast area checking rooftops, looking for, you know, potential snipers or people that don't belong in certain areas, so large-scale events, we're using these drones now at every single one of them.”
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