The Denver Police Department is crediting a new drone program with helping reduce wait times and making its response to emergency calls more effective.

Denver Police Department

The pilot program using Drone as First Responder (DFR) technology launched in October, and the department said that in 95% of the missions the pilots have been able to provide critical information to officers on the ground.

Two pilots monitor incoming service calls and determine if the drone could help responding officers. Denver police say its two DFR drones have been deployed to 215 service calls, including robberies, burglaries, assaults, fights, weapons-related offenses, narcotics reports and more.

Officials said that over 80% of the time, the drone is the first to arrive at the scene, and it has helped find

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