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  4. April 2026
  5. 6

Mesa, Arizona · one day

Monday 6 April 2026

12 drone flights from Mesa Police Department's published record.

12

drone flights over Mesa that day.

5:16 am

first takeoff; the last was at 10:32 pm.

11 min

median flight. Half were shorter.

Mesa police drones flew 12 times on Monday 6 April 2026, the first at 5:16 am and the last at 10:32 pm MST, by Mesa Police Department's published record.

12 drawable flights of 12. Each path is the whole flight, simplified; a flight with a sensitive stated purpose is drawn as an area.
One flight, takeoff to landingSensitive-purpose flight, as an area

Hour by hour

Takeoffs by hour, MST.

12a1a2a3a4a5a6a7a8a9a10a11a12p1p2p3p4p5p6p7p8p9p10p11p

Why, in the agency's words

  1. Not stated50%
  2. Other50%

Flights, in order

12 flights. Those in the latest full month link to their own page; a flight with a sensitive stated purpose has no page of its own.

Takeoff (MST)PurposeAirborneFlight
5:16 amNot stated1 min 54 sMESAPD-2
5:23 amNot stated2 minMESAPD-2
6:46 amOther20 minMESAPD-2
8:01 amNot stated11 minMESAPD-2
8:18 amOther7 minMESAPD-2
8:39 amOther18 minMESAPD-2
10:07 amNot stated17 minMESAPD-2
11:23 amOther19 minMESAPD-2
12:29 pmOther14 minMESAPD-2
5:39 pmNot stated6 minMESAPD-2
10:16 pmNot stated11 minMESAPD-2
10:32 pmOther6 minMESAPD-2

How this page is made

  • Every flight in the agency's published record is counted and listed; drawn paths are the whole flight, takeoff to landing.
  • The record's free-text description is never read into a page. A flight whose stated purpose names a domestic, sexual-assault, kidnapping, welfare, mental-health or juvenile matter is listed like any other but drawn as a generalised area, not a path.
  • Operators are the agency's own accounts in the record, numbered within the agency in order of first flight; no name or address is read into a page.
  • Purposes are the agency's own words, grouped into classes by a fixed list of terms; unmatched values are "Other" and blank ones "Not stated".
  • Times are shown on the agency's own local clock.
  • A day is the agency's local calendar day of takeoff.

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