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Rochester, Minnesota

Downtown, October 2025

A neighborhood page. 234 of the 3,580 flights in Rochester Police Department's record crossed this area in October 2025.

234

drone flights crossed Downtown.

234

of them in October 2025.

9 min

median flight. Half were shorter.

Police drones crossed Downtown 234 times between 1 October 2025 and 30 October 2025, by Rochester Police Department's published record. The most recent was on 30 October 2025.

234 of the 234 drawable flights that crossed the area in October 2025. The outlined area is the neighborhood. Paths run beyond it because each whole flight is drawn; a flight with a sensitive stated purpose is drawn as an area.
DowntownOne flight, takeoff to landingSensitive-purpose flight, as an area

37 hours of flight time by flights that crossed this area.

31% of them took off between 10 pm and 6 am (CDT).

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 234 flights that crossed this area.

  1. Call for service57%
  2. Training and testing18%
  3. Events14%
  4. Other8%
  5. Search2%
  6. Traffic and crashes1%

Hour of day

Takeoffs by hour of the day, local time.

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Flight list, October 2025

DateTakeoff (CDT)PurposeAirborneFlight
Wed 1 Oct 20259:06 amTraining and testing2 min0bddc94d
Wed 1 Oct 20251:47 pmCall for service11 min1b029efd
Wed 1 Oct 20252:21 pmCall for service5 minbbb94438
Wed 1 Oct 20253:25 pmCall for service16 mine0ddd284
Wed 1 Oct 20256:03 pmCall for service7 min8b03c4ea
Thu 2 Oct 202510:10 amCall for service1 min 32 s2838b4d0
Thu 2 Oct 202510:50 amCall for service8 minc1d47f0b
Thu 2 Oct 202511:13 amCall for service7 min57c953c8
Thu 2 Oct 202511:50 amCall for service4 minb7aa51ba
Thu 2 Oct 20251:16 pmCall for service11 min24e85074
Thu 2 Oct 20251:53 pmCall for service4 mina611487b
Thu 2 Oct 20252:40 pmCall for service8 min01c2f052
Thu 2 Oct 20254:00 pmCall for service17 min200a0bd2
Thu 2 Oct 20254:37 pmCall for service44 sf5d05f61
Thu 2 Oct 20255:10 pmCall for service8 min0bd83070
Thu 2 Oct 20256:22 pmCall for service4 min2bf2d9bb
Thu 2 Oct 20256:28 pmCall for service15 minca1f18c6
Thu 2 Oct 20257:28 pmTraffic and crashes15 min28602167
Thu 2 Oct 20258:02 pmCall for service16 min0d67d3d4
Thu 2 Oct 20259:56 pmTraining and testing1 min 36 s19377c1e
Thu 2 Oct 202510:08 pmOther8 minca8da9e1
Thu 2 Oct 202510:22 pmCall for service4 min1764959b
Thu 2 Oct 202510:58 pmCall for service11 min71dc5653
Fri 3 Oct 202512:24 amOther10 min0fc5c418
Fri 3 Oct 20251:07 amEvents7 minb147e216
Fri 3 Oct 20251:35 amEvents15 minc571a1f5
Fri 3 Oct 20252:02 amCall for service11 minc7f6c5c6
Fri 3 Oct 20252:25 amCall for service4 minb7c82707
Fri 3 Oct 20252:06 pmCall for service7 min2e96e2ce
Fri 3 Oct 20253:11 pmCall for service20 min55514d84
Fri 3 Oct 20253:44 pmCall for service9 min42438d9f
Fri 3 Oct 20255:25 pmCall for service15 min5d91a472
Fri 3 Oct 20256:19 pmCall for service17 min0ad1c034
Fri 3 Oct 20257:20 pmOther5 minde082842
Fri 3 Oct 20258:06 pmCall for service1 min 12 sdf54d750
Fri 3 Oct 20258:12 pmEvents6 min62cbbaad
Fri 3 Oct 20258:25 pmCall for service5 min66d45b7a
Fri 3 Oct 20258:48 pmCall for service16 mina76aab07
Fri 3 Oct 20259:22 pmCall for service10 minfb3055f7
Fri 3 Oct 20259:48 pmCall for service13 min7268119d
Fri 3 Oct 202510:13 pmOther7 min70c3369a
Fri 3 Oct 202510:48 pmOther13 mine90f1abf
Sat 4 Oct 202512:08 amCall for service7 min4e73659c
Sat 4 Oct 202512:44 amCall for service6 minfbdaccfc
Sat 4 Oct 20252:11 amCall for service4 min0b1ed7ec
Sat 4 Oct 20255:25 pmEvents4 min0bc7dada
Sat 4 Oct 20256:10 pmCall for service2 min600913d5
Sat 4 Oct 20258:04 pmTraining and testing1 min 16 sfb7cd819
Sat 4 Oct 202511:19 pmCall for service3 min69409ee7
Sun 5 Oct 20251:27 amTraining and testing12 min310d4ff6
Sun 5 Oct 20252:36 amCall for service4 min81021ff7
Sun 5 Oct 20258:48 amCall for service6 minc6f3522d
Sun 5 Oct 20259:43 amCall for service13 min7c06785d
Mon 6 Oct 20251:51 amCall for service15 min6c44dba7
Mon 6 Oct 20251:18 pmTraining and testing6 min74c4ec8a
Mon 6 Oct 20254:26 pmCall for service5 mind8d0e3c2
Mon 6 Oct 20255:32 pmCall for service12 mind2528173
Tue 7 Oct 20258:29 amTraining and testing3 min126594e9
Tue 7 Oct 20259:02 amTraffic and crashes14 minc7ae549d
Tue 7 Oct 202510:12 amTraining and testing5 min99b15b8e
Tue 7 Oct 202511:09 amTraining and testing13 minc7f35745
Tue 7 Oct 202511:45 amTraining and testing4 min2d79ce79
Tue 7 Oct 202512:04 pmCall for service9 min6cd75223
Tue 7 Oct 202512:18 pmTraining and testing9 min1cf8d1bc
Tue 7 Oct 20252:28 pmCall for service19 mind5dc3d29
Wed 8 Oct 20258:32 amCall for service11 minfcde9c05
Wed 8 Oct 20259:38 amCall for service13 min12ef6a50
Wed 8 Oct 20251:34 pmCall for service4 min6c2587f5
Wed 8 Oct 20252:30 pmSearch48 sf9610dc9
Wed 8 Oct 20255:22 pmCall for service13 min9516869c
Thu 9 Oct 20259:28 amCall for service4 min2372fa1f
Thu 9 Oct 20259:58 amSearch11 mine4fe9a12
Thu 9 Oct 20251:39 pmTraining and testing19 minb2afed0f
Thu 9 Oct 20251:52 pmTraining and testing3 mind3932994
Thu 9 Oct 20251:59 pmTraining and testing1 min 08 s316c28c8
Thu 9 Oct 20252:32 pmCall for service18 minc4f63a30
Thu 9 Oct 20253:21 pmTraining and testing3 min759cd9af
Thu 9 Oct 20254:04 pmTraining and testing2 min21504089
Thu 9 Oct 20254:53 pmTraining and testing1 min 00 s736a5f4f
Thu 9 Oct 20254:55 pmTraining and testing2 minfb9d3a64
Thu 9 Oct 20255:30 pmCall for service15 min59af7aef
Thu 9 Oct 20256:45 pmTraining and testing1 min 36 s8829e377
Thu 9 Oct 20258:05 pmOther14 min8491f9f7
Thu 9 Oct 202510:41 pmOther3 min297f0771
Fri 10 Oct 20258:39 amTraining and testing4 mind3e0439e
Fri 10 Oct 202512:38 pmTraining and testing2 minb7053228
Fri 10 Oct 20251:55 pmCall for service21 min7d3bbea3
Fri 10 Oct 20253:03 pmEvents10 min84e4a4c7
Fri 10 Oct 20254:51 pmEvents20 min01230795
Fri 10 Oct 20255:56 pmCall for service21 mine64f0f68
Fri 10 Oct 20257:23 pmEvents15 min771de4a2
Fri 10 Oct 20257:57 pmEvents8 minf421e858
Fri 10 Oct 20258:21 pmEvents7 min00dfd236
Fri 10 Oct 20258:31 pmOther9 minc334934c
Fri 10 Oct 20259:09 pmSearch5 min0c76d670
Fri 10 Oct 20259:21 pmEvents12 min16996c54
Fri 10 Oct 202510:54 pmEvents9 minbae4be72
Sat 11 Oct 20251:21 amEvents8 min81727fcb
Sat 11 Oct 20252:41 amCall for service12 min781d09a7
Sat 11 Oct 20257:28 pmCall for service8 min57137f5b
Sat 11 Oct 20258:12 pmCall for service8 min44adf37b
Sat 11 Oct 20258:46 pmOther11 min8084aff5
Sat 11 Oct 202510:29 pmEvents10 minf07f7b7e
Sat 11 Oct 202511:27 pmEvents17 min9df0e507
Sat 11 Oct 202511:58 pmEvents6 min530fd8f0
Sun 12 Oct 202512:31 amEvents12 min7b3768e5
Sun 12 Oct 20252:00 amCall for service16 min694d9b20
Sun 12 Oct 202510:45 pmCall for service15 min78df99a3
Mon 13 Oct 20251:05 amCall for service17 mindbeb4b3e
Mon 13 Oct 20251:55 amCall for service12 min8c5d8a2d
Mon 13 Oct 20256:24 amCall for service5 min68f409a8
Mon 13 Oct 20256:40 amEvents16 min3ba79df8
Mon 13 Oct 20257:03 amEvents7 min04316477
Mon 13 Oct 20257:38 amEvents11 minb9a017b6
Mon 13 Oct 20258:13 amEvents13 min75042406
Mon 13 Oct 20259:21 amTraining and testing5 min6d590cc3
Mon 13 Oct 20252:24 pmCall for service11 min82b94627
Mon 13 Oct 202510:09 pmCall for service18 minabca30e6
Mon 13 Oct 202511:01 pmCall for service11 minafd97880
Mon 13 Oct 202511:41 pmCall for service17 min2826043c
Tue 14 Oct 202512:18 amCall for service1 min 16 sace4185b
Tue 14 Oct 20251:45 amOther16 min0762470d
Tue 14 Oct 20252:24 amCall for service12 min66983679
Tue 14 Oct 20256:57 amTraining and testing17 minc626acaf
Tue 14 Oct 20251:47 pmTraining and testing12 mine617ec26
Tue 14 Oct 20252:17 pmTraining and testing9 minc3c4e669
Tue 14 Oct 20252:35 pmTraining and testing9 minf04ee7d8
Tue 14 Oct 20253:09 pmEvents7 mind72700f1
Tue 14 Oct 20253:42 pmTraining and testing1 min 07 scd353bc9
Tue 14 Oct 20254:20 pmEvents13 mina68d2f9c
Thu 16 Oct 20255:09 pmTraining and testing45 s2d38a2d8
Thu 16 Oct 20256:00 pmCall for service5 min12ce6c9b
Thu 16 Oct 20258:10 pmCall for service12 mind8196f0b
Thu 16 Oct 20258:41 pmTraining and testing6 min9c27a99b
Thu 16 Oct 20258:48 pmSearch11 mina90b1bed
Thu 16 Oct 20259:40 pmCall for service17 mine2e6cf88
Thu 16 Oct 202511:09 pmCall for service7 min5ff86ec0
Thu 16 Oct 202511:45 pmCall for service6 minb6545167
Fri 17 Oct 20252:08 amEvents16 mind3e6bccf
Fri 17 Oct 20253:06 amCall for service13 min67320af7
Fri 17 Oct 20258:59 amEvents10 min69fbe27e
Fri 17 Oct 202510:39 amCall for service21 min3127ab13
Fri 17 Oct 20252:23 pmCall for service13 min838f518c
Fri 17 Oct 20254:34 pmCall for service16 minb2141c63
Fri 17 Oct 20256:28 pmCall for service15 minb5e32e89
Fri 17 Oct 20256:58 pmCall for service5 mina8cb49bf
Fri 17 Oct 20259:23 pmCall for service7 min50801dd9
Fri 17 Oct 20259:43 pmCall for service11 min2cfaf8cc
Fri 17 Oct 202511:14 pmCall for service7 min0a586f9f
Fri 17 Oct 202511:29 pmCall for service3 min0b2ecf8b
Sat 18 Oct 202512:12 amOther12 min53611b24
Sat 18 Oct 202512:51 amEvents5 min0da41368
Sat 18 Oct 20251:42 amEvents12 minb93dc5d4
Sat 18 Oct 20255:34 pmTraining and testing5 minf14e51d5
Sat 18 Oct 20256:04 pmCall for service10 min08b03f5f
Sat 18 Oct 20256:30 pmCall for service8 mind0c19a4d
Sat 18 Oct 20257:09 pmTraining and testing2 mind6e96b7d
Sat 18 Oct 20257:35 pmCall for service16 min1d7fb54b
Sat 18 Oct 20259:01 pmCall for service11 minbfad7b48
Sat 18 Oct 202510:05 pmOther19 mincddb3bcd
Sat 18 Oct 202510:56 pmEvents5 minfb559750
Sat 18 Oct 202511:09 pmOther17 mine73130dc
Sun 19 Oct 20252:11 amCall for service6 minfe81d2bc
Sun 19 Oct 20252:33 amOther7 mincbc910d9
Sun 19 Oct 20253:53 amCall for service18 min9b3b1fed
Sun 19 Oct 202511:56 pmOther6 mind4ab1f3b
Mon 20 Oct 20252:10 amCall for service13 min1c25da80
Mon 20 Oct 20253:02 amCall for service20 min6fd02f72
Mon 20 Oct 20253:44 pmTraining and testing3 min91968625
Mon 20 Oct 20257:09 pmCall for service10 minc0fa9fde
Mon 20 Oct 20259:58 pmCall for service2 min352b4f30
Mon 20 Oct 202510:15 pmOther13 minb619b55c
Mon 20 Oct 202510:48 pmEvents7 min45bf0c2e
Tue 21 Oct 20252:16 amCall for service13 min8eab3553
Tue 21 Oct 20254:16 pmCall for service20 min4d1ddf17
Tue 21 Oct 20254:48 pmTraining and testing1 min 48 s70fc33f7
Wed 22 Oct 20259:44 amTraining and testing5 min47b12cff
Wed 22 Oct 202510:07 amSearch8 mine84e5c2e
Wed 22 Oct 202512:28 pmCall for service7 mind9648893
Wed 22 Oct 20251:12 pmOther11 mina91ef9d4
Thu 23 Oct 20257:36 amTraining and testing11 min1dec4f6f
Thu 23 Oct 202512:00 pmTraining and testing5 min13a7911b
Thu 23 Oct 20252:02 pmCall for service8 mina52c84be
Thu 23 Oct 20253:44 pmEvents19 min0a0b4a2b
Thu 23 Oct 20254:37 pmEvents19 min48d776d8
Thu 23 Oct 20256:07 pmCall for service18 minaa21df43
Thu 23 Oct 20258:52 pmEvents20 mindd4c384f
Fri 24 Oct 20256:02 pmCall for service5 min1ffa38af
Fri 24 Oct 20257:40 pmTraining and testing3 min9ec36daf
Fri 24 Oct 20258:10 pmCall for service19 min269625e9
Fri 24 Oct 20258:51 pmCall for service14 min652511bf
Fri 24 Oct 20259:39 pmCall for service18 minc2d983ec
Fri 24 Oct 202510:29 pmCall for service19 min67e0b989
Fri 24 Oct 202511:23 pmCall for service19 mincd4037e5
Sat 25 Oct 202512:02 amCall for service13 min961e7f5a
Sat 25 Oct 202512:28 amCall for service2 min5d6a6053
Sat 25 Oct 20251:46 amCall for service6 min468adc96
Sat 25 Oct 20252:09 amOther14 min9793d492
Sat 25 Oct 20258:14 pmCall for service11 min14508ac6
Sat 25 Oct 20259:04 pmCall for service12 min04329428
Sat 25 Oct 20259:56 pmCall for service16 min175a699d
Sat 25 Oct 202510:49 pmCall for service10 minfee81d97
Mon 27 Oct 202511:49 pmCall for service7 min1c14e3f9
Tue 28 Oct 202512:01 amCall for service15 min0618b6f9
Tue 28 Oct 20259:17 amCall for service16 min38cf85a4
Tue 28 Oct 20254:50 pmCall for service9 min280d73ee
Tue 28 Oct 20257:42 pmCall for service15 min8cd36b3f
Tue 28 Oct 20259:07 pmCall for service13 mind009e9eb
Tue 28 Oct 202510:03 pmEvents1 min 12 sb113cd8e
Tue 28 Oct 202510:46 pmCall for service7 min64440b5e
Tue 28 Oct 202511:53 pmCall for service10 min9c187dcc
Wed 29 Oct 20251:08 amCall for service16 minfbdacf09
Wed 29 Oct 20251:43 amCall for service12 min8f8a02f9
Wed 29 Oct 20251:38 pmTraining and testing7 min84277854
Wed 29 Oct 20255:00 pmCall for service14 mine649b04a
Wed 29 Oct 20256:36 pmCall for service11 min46725b7d
Wed 29 Oct 20257:48 pmEvents15 mina5539227
Thu 30 Oct 20251:40 amCall for service8 min6d1f238d
Thu 30 Oct 20252:22 amCall for service6 minb7cd6298
Thu 30 Oct 20252:31 amCall for service17 mind8b9a394
Thu 30 Oct 20259:06 amTraining and testing43 s81452856
Thu 30 Oct 20252:10 pmTraining and testing2 mina44ce6fb
Thu 30 Oct 20252:18 pmTraining and testing1 min 20 s61e67e82
Thu 30 Oct 20252:23 pmTraining and testing1 min 06 s397653eb
Thu 30 Oct 20252:25 pmTraining and testing1 min 21 sff5acc62
Thu 30 Oct 20253:19 pmCall for service6 min1e5a882e
Thu 30 Oct 20253:33 pmCall for service9 min2630c2bc
Thu 30 Oct 20254:17 pmCall for service13 min4bdb783b
Thu 30 Oct 20254:57 pmCall for service3 min49db3d66
Thu 30 Oct 20255:21 pmTraining and testing1 min 07 s339f1398
Thu 30 Oct 20255:45 pmCall for service2 mind851fbdb
Thu 30 Oct 20255:50 pmCall for service12 minc0d37951
Thu 30 Oct 20257:00 pmCall for service4 mineabdd66b
Thu 30 Oct 20257:54 pmCall for service18 min1101ea12

All 234 flights in October 2025. 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. "Downtown" is a neighborhood polygon from Olmsted County GIS (Neighborhood Associations), licence "NOASSERTION". Boundary licence unconfirmed: the boundary is shown for orientation only.
  • A flight counts for this area when its path crosses the boundary; only the part inside is drawn.

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