BY CODY THORN
The outlook
Diving deeper
In the days following the ribbon- cutting ceremony, various divisions started moving into their new home. The department’s 911 dispatchers made the move Oct. 20. The new space will provide training opportunities for multiple departments in the area, said Jeriahme Miller, assistant city manager. Williams said the city did a sta ng study with help from the University of North Texas and projects the department could add up to another 10 o cers over the next decade. He said this building is made to last 50 years. He saw issues that came up in Weatherford and Prosper, which ran out of room shortly after opening new stations. “We didn’t build this for today or tomorrow, but for what we will need in 10 years,” he said.
The new, larger facility includes space to accommodate a new tool, the Roanoke Police Department’s Drone as First Responder initiative. The program is on schedule to be operational by December, Capt. Christopher Arndt said. Williams said when a drone is own, someone has to see the drone in the air. With a waiver from the Federal Aviation Administration, a new $150,000 Flock Drone as First Responder will launch from the back parking lot of the new station. The police department will transition from having an o cer run the drone to having support sta y it. “The drone is stationed here, and when the 911 call comes in, the dispatcher gets the location of the call and they can click one button and launch the drone,” said Blaine Parsons, Flock Safety territory sales manager. “The drone overhead support allows [the police] to see what’s going on and provide good intel.”
The city of Roanoke has a new Flock Drone as First Responder unit, thanks to a Texas DMV grant. The city portion was $25,000. (Cody Thorn/Community Impact)
Real-time video and aerial intelligence Additional leads in criminal cases
Track eeing suspects
Locate evidence
SOURCE: CITY OF ROANOKE COMMUNITY IMPACT
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