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Metropolitan Nashville Police Department

Drone program records for Nashville. Each fact keeps its source and checked date.

Written rules describe policy, not proof that every operation follows it. Reported equipment totals and mapped source locations have different scopes. A launch facility is not a drone count or a flight track.

Program status reported by the source

An update on the official announcement says the limited Drone as First Responder trial ended in August 2026. The original May 22 announcement planned a May 26 launch from Madison Precinct.

The update gives the end month, without an exact day. Present operations, equipment removal and retained-data disposition were not independently verified.

Source. Checked 2026-10-23.

Drone vendors

Skydio

Equipment lender named for the ended trial; no current vendor relationship inferred.

Source. Checked 2026-10-23; source date 2026-05-22.

Reported drones

3 drones. Loaned drones announced for the limited trial. Not a present fleet count.

Source. Checked 2026-10-23; source date 2026-05-22.

Data retention

Video without evidentiary value is purged after seven calendar days. Evidence follows departmental retention procedures and law. The program manager must document purges and audit compliance at least quarterly.

Written trial policy; actual deletion and post-trial data disposition were not independently verified.

Source section 8.50.080.B. Checked 2026-10-23.

Access and oversight

Deployment requires program-manager approval and approved, trained FAA-certified pilots. The manager conducts quarterly flight-log, data-access and equipment audits. Community Safety Center personnel must be trained in video interpretation and data handling.

Source section 8.50.040, 8.50.060 and 8.50.070. Checked 2026-10-23.

Recording rules

Collection must be incident-driven and mission-specific. Facial recognition and weaponization are prohibited. Recording private areas requires a warrant or recognized exception; protected expressive activity has a stated criminal-activity exception.

Source section 8.50.050 and 8.50.080.A. Checked 2026-10-23.

Sharing rules

The trial FAQ says DFR video and data will not be shared with immigration authorities. It limits access to trained pilots, supervisors, Community Safety Center personnel and authorized investigators.

Posted trial statement; actual recipients were not audited.

Source section Access and immigration-sharing questions. Checked 2026-10-23; source date 2026-05-22.

Details not yet verified

Operational partners, Named data-sharing partners, Contract value, Contract start date, Contract end date. No value is inferred from a county map count or another agency's policy.

Source documents

Local map

Davidson County camera guide. The county map includes source points from multiple operators. It is not this agency's inventory.

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