Three drones will be added to Waterford Township’s police inventory.

Police Chief Scott Underwood asked township trustees to amend the 2025 budget and move $110,000 from the police salary account to the department’s capital improvement fund to pay for the drones, docking stations, software integration, training, support and maintenance.

Trustees unanimously approved his request at Monday’s meeting.

The one-time expense will not affect officers’ pay, he said, as the department’s budget includes money for 64 officers but six positions are vacant and will not be filled this year.

The drones will operate under a three-year, $399,000 contract with Georgia-based Flock Safety, he said, and supplement officers’ body cameras. The drones can send a livestream back to the emergency operations cen

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