Most SFPD drone missions are tied to property crimes

From May 2024 to September 2025, the SFPD launched drones for a wide variety of reasons.

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The SFPD does not use consistent incident descriptions in its drone logs. The Standard recategorized hundreds of flight logs into the 20 most-common categories.

Chart: Tomoki Chien/The StandardSource: San Francisco Police Department