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Becerra, Alexis From: Scott Burnett < Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2026 1:31 PM To: eComment Subject: COMMENT: Drone as a First Responder System and Patrol Drone Purchase for the Police Department Attention: This email originated from outside of City of Santa Ana. Use caution when opening attachments or links. After seeing success in other cities regarding apprehending graffiti criminals, as well as being able to keep track of, if not be the first visualizer of, shootings, car chases etc, I've always thought Santa Ana would be a perfect recipient of similar drone policing. As we know, our city is rife with too many things to be able to effectively monitor and/or police with the available in- person staff. Implementing drones seems like at least a good step toward being able to be "in more places at once." Graffiti taggers obviously only do it when no one can see them, but a drone could catch them. Drones move fast, and could be overhead before a tagger could duck and cover. Street takeovers by the 360 crews could be much more easily caught if the lookouts at ends of streets didn't see a drone coming. Illegal dangerous fireworks, even more so since lights on a drone wouldn't be easily seen on the ground amidst smoke and light bangs (running without lights seems obvious but unsure what FAA regs dictate). Drive by shootings, robbery, ICE activity...with HD cameras in use on drones,there seem to be so many applications that they would be perfect for. If I were allowed a suggestion: allow for an increase in funding after 12 months, and a matrix produced to set realistic goals for the increase. I think whatever goals may tentatively be set,we might find that this move is far more successful than a proposal can imagine. Might have to up our game mid-season. Thanks for listening. Scott Burnett French Park i