85
drone flights crossed Capitol Hill.
85
of them in March 2026.
9 min
median flight. Half were shorter.
Police drones crossed Capitol Hill 85 times between 2 March 2026 and 31 March 2026, by Denver Police Department's published record. The most recent was on 31 March 2026.
13 hours of flight time by flights that crossed this area.
14% of them took off between 10 pm and 6 am (MDT).
0 flights had a sensitive stated purpose. Those are listed, and drawn as an area rather than a path.
Why, in the agency's words
The agency's stated purpose, grouped into classes, as a share of the 85 flights that crossed this area.
Hour of day
Takeoffs by hour of the day, local time.
Flight list, March 2026
| Date | Takeoff (MDT) | Purpose | Airborne | Flight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 2 Mar 2026 | 2:04 pm | Patrol support | 12 min | 3a640c60 |
| Mon 2 Mar 2026 | 2:40 pm | Patrol support | 6 min | f3ae7311 |
| Mon 2 Mar 2026 | 3:57 pm | Patrol support | 12 min | f663b99f |
| Tue 3 Mar 2026 | 11:37 am | Patrol support | 8 min | 112b6c7e |
| Tue 3 Mar 2026 | 11:55 am | Patrol support | 5 min | f9e619a1 |
| Wed 4 Mar 2026 | 12:42 pm | Patrol support | 13 min | e76a2ba2 |
| Wed 4 Mar 2026 | 1:08 pm | Patrol support | 8 min | 71a65824 |
| Thu 5 Mar 2026 | 11:24 am | Patrol support | 5 min | 60869202 |
| Thu 5 Mar 2026 | 11:36 am | Patrol support | 10 min | 72d734ce |
| Thu 5 Mar 2026 | 1:13 pm | Patrol support | 12 min | 76881040 |
| Thu 5 Mar 2026 | 2:17 pm | Patrol support | 3 min | 97e977aa |
| Thu 5 Mar 2026 | 3:44 pm | Patrol support | 3 min | d26d4074 |
| Mon 9 Mar 2026 | 11:25 am | Patrol support | 13 min | cc8fc61e |
| Mon 9 Mar 2026 | 12:39 pm | Patrol support | 13 min | eb9ec30c |
| Mon 9 Mar 2026 | 4:05 pm | Patrol support | 7 min | 8be3259a |
| Tue 10 Mar 2026 | 10:53 am | Patrol support | 12 min | 7d75dd4b |
| Wed 11 Mar 2026 | 3:32 pm | Patrol support | 5 min | a8315065 |
| Wed 11 Mar 2026 | 4:26 pm | Patrol support | 6 min | 9533dba9 |
| Thu 12 Mar 2026 | 11:51 am | Patrol support | 6 min | 98bca0a1 |
| Fri 13 Mar 2026 | 3:31 pm | Patrol support | 7 min | 0a4a2568 |
| Mon 16 Mar 2026 | 12:42 pm | Patrol support | 6 min | a7295419 |
| Mon 16 Mar 2026 | 1:12 pm | Patrol support | 7 min | b53c4fc5 |
| Mon 16 Mar 2026 | 2:31 pm | Patrol support | 12 min | b092343f |
| Mon 16 Mar 2026 | 2:46 pm | Patrol support | 15 min | 8c04b125 |
| Mon 16 Mar 2026 | 3:01 pm | Patrol support | 10 min | 260d2c41 |
| Tue 17 Mar 2026 | 12:01 pm | Patrol support | 5 min | 6e8ae7e6 |
| Tue 17 Mar 2026 | 2:57 pm | Patrol support | 3 min | af19b693 |
| Wed 18 Mar 2026 | 1:04 pm | Patrol support | 8 min | d5ce7022 |
| Thu 19 Mar 2026 | 9:53 am | Patrol support | 7 min | 8f1404af |
| Thu 19 Mar 2026 | 10:09 am | Patrol support | 15 min | 98cb7bf8 |
| Thu 19 Mar 2026 | 10:56 am | Patrol support | 8 min | 7565e13e |
| Thu 19 Mar 2026 | 11:10 am | Patrol support | 10 min | 2a044c3e |
| Fri 20 Mar 2026 | 11:55 am | Patrol support | 9 min | 2cc80926 |
| Fri 20 Mar 2026 | 1:01 pm | Patrol support | 9 min | 9e0080ce |
| Mon 23 Mar 2026 | 11:21 am | Patrol support | 17 min | 61b62479 |
| Mon 23 Mar 2026 | 1:38 pm | Patrol support | 8 min | 89b0d2bf |
| Mon 23 Mar 2026 | 3:12 pm | Patrol support | 10 min | bf608417 |
| Mon 23 Mar 2026 | 6:56 pm | Patrol support | 5 min | 0adba257 |
| Mon 23 Mar 2026 | 7:28 pm | Patrol support | 12 min | dbdb4e15 |
| Mon 23 Mar 2026 | 8:33 pm | Patrol support | 16 min | e648f11e |
| Mon 23 Mar 2026 | 11:58 pm | Patrol support | 11 min | 25985da9 |
| Tue 24 Mar 2026 | 11:26 am | Patrol support | 6 min | 5fc6a355 |
| Tue 24 Mar 2026 | 11:49 am | Patrol support | 9 min | 2ea4c7e0 |
| Tue 24 Mar 2026 | 5:18 pm | Not stated | 8 min | ef7cf11d |
| Tue 24 Mar 2026 | 7:06 pm | Patrol support | 6 min | 0dc63c08 |
| Tue 24 Mar 2026 | 7:16 pm | Patrol support | 11 min | 03cd48d6 |
| Tue 24 Mar 2026 | 7:50 pm | Patrol support | 14 min | a826118e |
| Tue 24 Mar 2026 | 8:14 pm | Patrol support | 9 min | bad75705 |
| Tue 24 Mar 2026 | 8:27 pm | Patrol support | 10 min | 3de40ddc |
| Tue 24 Mar 2026 | 9:50 pm | Patrol support | 4 min | 5d4fbd78 |
| Tue 24 Mar 2026 | 10:09 pm | Patrol support | 10 min | 8485c513 |
| Tue 24 Mar 2026 | 10:46 pm | Patrol support | 8 min | b92138d6 |
| Wed 25 Mar 2026 | 10:20 am | Patrol support | 12 min | 1e30645b |
| Wed 25 Mar 2026 | 11:03 am | Patrol support | 4 min | 15625841 |
| Wed 25 Mar 2026 | 11:13 am | Patrol support | 8 min | 270fe0e4 |
| Wed 25 Mar 2026 | 11:45 am | Patrol support | 4 min | 4abf27c5 |
| Wed 25 Mar 2026 | 2:45 pm | Patrol support | 4 min | 34bd84f5 |
| Wed 25 Mar 2026 | 5:28 pm | Patrol support | 4 min | 68101f6b |
| Wed 25 Mar 2026 | 5:33 pm | Patrol support | 12 min | ec834882 |
| Wed 25 Mar 2026 | 7:08 pm | Patrol support | 5 min | 5cf2b739 |
| Wed 25 Mar 2026 | 8:17 pm | Patrol support | 10 min | a0593361 |
| Wed 25 Mar 2026 | 10:52 pm | Patrol support | 5 min | 4a53bf6c |
| Wed 25 Mar 2026 | 11:21 pm | Patrol support | 16 min | 82658637 |
| Thu 26 Mar 2026 | 3:05 pm | Patrol support | 6 min | 17d97763 |
| Thu 26 Mar 2026 | 6:22 pm | Patrol support | 6 min | be28e404 |
| Thu 26 Mar 2026 | 6:34 pm | Patrol support | 7 min | f9750c97 |
| Thu 26 Mar 2026 | 10:17 pm | Patrol support | 11 min | 6f0cf4bf |
| Thu 26 Mar 2026 | 10:50 pm | Patrol support | 13 min | 6d821857 |
| Thu 26 Mar 2026 | 11:07 pm | Patrol support | 5 min | 1bdf9f69 |
| Thu 26 Mar 2026 | 11:20 pm | Patrol support | 16 min | 71047e39 |
| Fri 27 Mar 2026 | 10:59 am | Patrol support | 5 min | 3ed8689e |
| Fri 27 Mar 2026 | 11:41 am | Patrol support | 7 min | 3083c6e9 |
| Fri 27 Mar 2026 | 11:53 am | Patrol support | 17 min | f5bcbb7f |
| Fri 27 Mar 2026 | 6:48 pm | Not stated | 17 min | 8dbc7788 |
| Fri 27 Mar 2026 | 8:14 pm | Patrol support | 9 min | cea3d9f7 |
| Fri 27 Mar 2026 | 11:40 pm | Patrol support | 17 min | b5b67cdf |
| Mon 30 Mar 2026 | 7:13 pm | Patrol support | 12 min | b7815dac |
| Mon 30 Mar 2026 | 10:44 pm | Patrol support | 16 min | ff99217f |
| Tue 31 Mar 2026 | 1:58 pm | Patrol support | 3 min | 68894d45 |
| Tue 31 Mar 2026 | 4:10 pm | Patrol support | 14 min | 931711d2 |
| Tue 31 Mar 2026 | 7:11 pm | Patrol support | 7 min | 7a25a10d |
| Tue 31 Mar 2026 | 7:21 pm | Patrol support | 8 min | 9e9c1eb5 |
| Tue 31 Mar 2026 | 8:34 pm | Patrol support | 9 min | f8937213 |
| Tue 31 Mar 2026 | 9:13 pm | Patrol support | 10 min | 247af0be |
| Tue 31 Mar 2026 | 11:56 pm | Patrol support | 11 min | daefc9c6 |
All 85 flights in March 2026. Flights with a sensitive stated purpose are listed and drawn as an area, not a path. Times are local to the agency.
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.
- Boundary. "Capitol Hill" is a neighborhood polygon from City and County of Denver (Statistical Neighborhoods), licence "CC-BY-3.0".
- A flight counts for this area when its path crosses the boundary; only the part inside is drawn.
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