Welcome to Dearborn, Michigan—where crime now gets greeted by flying robot hall monitors straight out of a sci-fi budget sequel! Police “Drone as First Responder” hives (courtesy of Skydio) pop open like dystopian beehives, launching quadcopters faster than you can say “defund the what now?” They hover over scenes like judgmental metal vultures, scouting ahead so officers arrive fashionably late but fully briefed. It’s a force multiplier, they say—because nothing says “community policing” like a drone eyeballing your backyard barbecue from 400 feet up.

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