{"id":2299,"date":"2026-06-07T09:01:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T16:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/07\/eyes-in-the-sky-a-glimpse-inside-chula-vistas-drone-program\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T09:01:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T16:01:55","slug":"eyes-in-the-sky-a-glimpse-inside-chula-vistas-drone-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/07\/eyes-in-the-sky-a-glimpse-inside-chula-vistas-drone-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Eyes in the sky: a glimpse inside Chula Vista\u2019s drone program"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In a large, dimly lit room on the first floor of the Chula Vista Police Department\u2019s downtown headquarters, Sgt. Evan Linney and drone <\/span>pilot Rusty Johnson sit before a wall of monitors displaying maps, data feeds and live news broadcasts.<\/p>\n

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Linney listens as a 911 call comes through. Within seconds, the map on the screen updates in real time, a marker pinpointing the caller\u2019s location. On another monitor, a dashboard that resembles the menu screen of a flight simulator flickers to life \u2014 only this is no simulation. A drone lifts off from the roof of police headquarters and climbs 200 to 300 feet into the clear blue sky above the city.<\/p>\n

\u201cBack in 2018, when we started our drone program, we were the first agency in the country to utilize drones as first responders,\u201d said Linney, the drone unit\u2019s supervising sergeant, crediting the program with faster response times, better de-escalation and improved safety for officers and civilians alike.<\/p>\n

Eight <\/span>years on, Chula Vista operates one of the most sophisticated drone programs in American law enforcement \u2014 and, with 46 aircraft on its books, one of the largest inventories of any agency in San Diego County, according to annual reports required by state law.<\/p>\n

Assembly Bill 481 mandates police agencies develop detailed use policies for military-grade equipment and submit annual reports covering inventory, usage, purchases and public complaints. Local governing bodies must annually review those reports and vote on whether departments are in compliance. The council in April voted unanimously to approve the department\u2019s report.<\/p>\n

Manny Salazar, the Police Department\u2019s public information officer and former drone team member, said the 46-drone figure is misleading. Roughly seven are purpose-built Drone as First Responder (DFR) aircraft, about 10 are tactical drones officers can check out for field use, and the remainder are older units no longer in operation, but required to be reported under state law.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like if you had an old iPhone that you still have under your possession, you don\u2019t use it, but you still have it in your drawer,\u201d Salazar said. \u201cThe full number is inflated and we don\u2019t use all that many drones. But we keep all of our old drones until we find a way to sell them or get rid of them properly.\u201d<\/p>\n

With an annual operating cost of $1.5 million for maintenance and personnel, the department\u2019s inventory of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) cost over $500,000 for all 46 drones listed in the military equipment report, though Linney said many of the older models were donated to the department by various companies during the program\u2019s infancy. The program is largely funded by Measure A, a half-cent sales tax measure funding public safety staffing and services passed by Chula Vista voters in June 2018, generating an estimated $17 million annually.<\/p>\n

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For context, the San Diego Police Department \u2014 serving a population roughly four times larger \u2014 reported 43 drones at a higher total cost of around $900,000. Sgt. Nicholas Link, in charge of SDPD\u2019s Unmanned Aircraft System Unit, said the active fleet is far smaller. Like Chula Vista, he said, older and retired models remain on the books under state reporting requirements, with only about 16 drones accounting for more than 90% of operational use.<\/p>\n

Unlike Chula Vista, San Diego does not yet operate a Drone as First Responder\u00a0program,\u00a0though Link said the department is actively assessing one.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been trying to promote this unit and its technological benefits, and lifesaving and de-escalating capabilities for years now,\u201d Link said. \u201cChula Vista did a great job, but DFR is challenging to implement for a lot of other reasons.\u201d<\/p>\n

The San Diego County Sheriff\u2019s Office reported 71 drones in its most recent inventory \u2014 the largest count of any agency in the county \u2014 but a department spokesperson said many of those platforms are obsolete or out of service due to maintenance or airworthiness issues, with only approximately 30 aircraft in operation.<\/p>\n

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Chula Vista Acting Police Chief Dan Peak said drones have helped the department keep pace with a rapidly growing city, even as he said they remain the most understaffed department in the region by officers per capita.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a challenge, but we\u2019ve been able to keep up with our community policing and being able to get to our calls for service just with the enhancement of technology,\u201d Peak said. \u201cDrones don\u2019t have to stop at traffic lights or stop signs. They get to the call way faster than a human being does. And once that drone gets there, it\u2019s on scene, it\u2019s able to relay footage back to our officers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Salazar said a pilot monitors the radio and can dispatch a drone before a call is even assigned to a patrol officer, with live video feeding directly to officers\u2019 mobile computers and phones. He said the program has brought the department closer than ever to meeting high-priority response time thresholds.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the last 20 years, we\u2019ve had a hard time meeting those thresholds,\u201d Salazar said. \u201cBut now with the drone we\u2019ve come very, very close.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Concerns over transparency and privacy have followed drone programs nationally. In Chula Vista, there was a high-profile lawsuit between the city and the publisher of La Prensa San Diego, Arturo Casta\u00f1ares, who sought access to Chula Vista police drone images under the California Public Records Act. After roughly four years of litigation, Chula Vista was ordered by the court to hand over the drone footage and pay for Casta\u00f1ares\u2019 legal fees.<\/p>\n

Addressing privacy concerns, Salazar said all flights are uploaded to a public dashboard showing telemetry, destination and incident number, and that camera protocols bar operators from pointing the camera downward except when directly over a call location \u2014 preventing inadvertent recording of private property.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe only use them for high-priority calls,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The main DFR aircraft \u2014 the DJI M300s and M350s \u2014 are roughly 3 feet by 3 feet, carry two large batteries, a camera gimbal, LiDAR, thermal imaging, and a parachute.<\/p>\n

The department also operates Brinc Lemur S units for indoor tactical situations and the autonomous DJI Box 3 with Matrice 4TD \u2014 a drone-in-a-box platform that is programmed to launch, navigate and return to base entirely on its own.<\/p>\n

The operating team is made up of a lieutenant, a sergeant and two full-time officer pilots, all licensed by the Federal Aviation Administration and required to attend monthly training. The weekday pilot flies Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., while a second pilot covers weekends from 7 a.m. to midnight to accommodate higher call volumes.<\/p>\n

To become a licensed drone pilot within the department, officers must apply, interview, and pass an FAA exam \u2014 requiring knowledge of nautical and weather chart reading. Candidates then attend a weeklong school at the Regional Training Center in Riverside before completing monthly four-hour training sessions and 40 hours of mandated annual DFR flight time.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t compromise safety,\u201d Salazar said. \u201cWe want to make sure that we\u2019re on top of the laws and make sure that everybody\u2019s trained properly.\u201d<\/p>\n

National City Police Chief Alex Hernandez said the broader law enforcement community is taking notice of drone programs like Chula Vista\u2019s. He said agencies across the region are exploring similar technology to get eyes on a scene before officers arrive, though budget constraints and FAA airspace restrictions \u2014 particularly in dense urban areas near flight paths or military corridors \u2014 remain significant barriers to adoption.<\/p>\n

National City\u2019s drone fleet consists of three aircraft \u2014 two DJI Phantom 4 Pros and one DJI Mavic Pro, all acquired in 2018 \u2014 plus a Fotokite Sigma tethered drone capable of up to 24 hours of autonomous flight. Hernandez described drones as useful for situational awareness at command posts, but stopped short of committing to a larger fleet.<\/p>\n

\u201cAm I going to chase after the drones? Probably not,\u201d he said. \u201cThe price point\u2019s a little on the high side.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hernandez did note one tactical use his SWAT team has already embraced: sending a small drone inside a building to clear it before officers enter.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we hear something inside, sound like a gunshot, and we don\u2019t know if somebody\u2019s still in there, we\u2019ll send a small one to fly around inside to kind of clear it out before we send our team in, just to be on the safe side,\u201d Hernandez said.<\/p>\n

Peak said the role drones play in improving officer safety and response times cannot be overstated, especially in regards to their utility as a de-escalation tool.<\/p>\n

\u201cDrones have really de-escalated situations over the years, and have prevented many shootings, for instance, from potentially happening,\u201d Peak said. \u201cIt\u2019s all due to the fact that if we\u2019re getting 911 calls of a person with a weapon, and the drone gets there first, it\u2019s able to see if it\u2019s a real gun, a real weapon, for example. Then from there we can act accordingly. Having that technology in place really brings down the potential for a tragedy.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Peak said the technology is not a full-stop substitute for officers. \u201cAt the end of the day, you still need a real police officer to show up on scene for those emergency calls.\u201d<\/p>\n

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