Three drones will soon be added to the Waterford Township Police Department, after the township's board of trustees approved a new three-year contract.

Over the course of the next three years, the department has agreed to pay more than $400,000 to Flock Safety to use their Aerodome drones, which will work hand-in-hand with automated license plate readers already used by the department and software used by the department's 911-Emergency Operations Center.

That money for Year 1 of the contract — $100,000 in base payment and an additional $10,000 for potential electrical issues and additional expenses — will be part of this year's police budget, adopted by the Board of Trustees in this week's meeting. The board intends to make budget adjustments in the two following years ($150,000 each yea

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