Smarter Response, Safer Communities with Drone as First Responder

Saturday, October 18, 2025

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM MT

Location: 505/506, Colorado Convention Center

Law enforcement leaders across the country face a common challenge: how to maintain and heighten public safety with diminishing resources. Amid chronic staffing shortages, agencies are deploying Drone as First Responder (DFR) programs with autonomous drone dispatch to make existing personnel more effective and to bring new levels of safety to officers and the communities they serve. This panel is moderated by Skydio co-founder and CEO Adam Bry and features DFR innovators Chief Darrell Lowe (Redmond, WA), Division Chief Anita Koester (Lakewood, CO) and Commander Thomas Maguire (San Francisco, CA). Discussion will explore how choosing a scalable, data-driven DFR solution enables faster response times, better situational awareness and enhanced safety and will highlight documented reductions in crime and increases in apprehensions attributable to autonomous DFR programs.

Presented by Industry Leader Sponsor, Skydio.

Speaker(s)

Adam Bry

Co-Founder and CEO
Skydio
Darrell Lowe

Chief of Police
Redmond Police Department
Redmond, Washington, United States
Anita Koester

Division Chief
Lakewood Police Department
Lakewood, Colorado, United States
Thomas Maguire

Commander
San Francisco Police Department
San Francisco, California, United States