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In dozens of U.S. cities, the next time you call 911, a drone might arrive before an officer does. The technology behind that—"Drone as First Responder," or DFR—has skyrocketed in popularity among police departments nationwide since the Federal Aviation Administration streamlined the process for agencies to adopt the program this spring. While it could previously take up to a year to get approval, it now often takes just days. Law enforcement and drone industry leaders praise the technology as lifesaving, with the potential to help authorities in situations ranging from missing persons cases to active shooter incidents. But critics worry the programs encourage mass surveillance and violate the public's privacy. "When you have a camera in the sky that can see things that police officers cannot normally see, that offers a huge potential for privacy invasion," said Beryl Lipton, a senior researcher with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital righ...

Our former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has said the U.S. public has reached a "volcanic" "boiling point" of impatience with the president over his broken promises to lower prices, end foreign wars, and release government files on deceased child trafficker Jeffrey Epstein - all issues that the president promised to resolve in his second term. On NPR's Morning Edition, Host Steve Inskeep asked Buttigieg what he makes of the fact that polls have shown that Americans have an interest in the Epstein files. Buttigieg noted that Republicans recently closed the U.S. House of Representatives rather than allow legislators to vote on releasing the files, suggesting that there's something in the files that's "very sensitive" for the president. Related Pete Buttigieg says politicians have no business making decisions about transgender athletes He also emphasized the need for compassion for all parties involv...