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Season 1  // Episode 015 //  Jan 4, 2021  //  #drones, #technology

Ever wished you could have a live feed of a scene before you arrived? Fritz Reber, co-founder of the Drones as First Responders program at the Chula Vista Police Department and now Head of Public Safety Integration at Skydio, details exactly how drone technology is being used to do just that and more as Skydio advances the future of public safety through the integration of artificial intelligence.

Drones as First Responders with Fritz Reber

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Fritz Reber
Fritz Reber
Fritz Reber is the Head of Public Safety Integration at [Skydio](https://www.skydio.com/). He works closely with public safety agencies to help them utilize Skydio in their operations while providing product development feedback that helps Skydio provide the tools and capabilities critical to first responders.
Prior to his career at Skydio, Fritz was a Police Captain with [Chula Vista PD](https://www.chulavistaca.gov/departments/police-department), and retired after 27 years in May of 2018. He was their UAS Team Commander and was the visionary behind [Drone as First Responder (DFR) Operations](https://www.chulavistaca.gov/departments/police-department/programs/uas-drone-program#:~:text=Drone%20as%20First%20Responder%20(DFR,San%20Diego%20City%20IPP%20Team.). He authored the DFR Concept of Operations for the FAA IPP submission and co-authored the safety case for the CVPD BVLOS waiver as well as the recent Tactical BVLOS.
He is the visionary and co-inventor of [Live911](https://live911.com/), a revolutionary technology that reduces response times and provides better data to first responders by streaming 911 audio in real-time to field units. He remains a part of the San Diego City IPP Team, is a Technical Expert for [Droneresponders](https://www.droneresponders.org/), and he continues to work closely with Chula Vista PD on their DFR Program and their effort to fully integrate Skydio 2’s into their everyday patrol operations.

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