112
drone flights crossed Downtown.
112
of them in December 2025.
9 min
median flight. Half were shorter.
Police drones crossed Downtown 112 times between 2 December 2025 and 31 December 2025, by Rochester Police Department's published record. The most recent was on 31 December 2025.
DowntownOne flight, takeoff to landingSensitive-purpose flight, as an area
18 hours of flight time by flights that crossed this area.
20% of them took off between 10 pm and 6 am (CST).
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 112 flights that crossed this area.
Hour of day
Takeoffs by hour of the day, local time.
Flight list, December 2025
| Date | Takeoff (CST) | Purpose | Airborne | Flight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 2 Dec 2025 | 9:44 am | Training and testing | 51 s | e3732f9c |
| Tue 2 Dec 2025 | 10:23 am | Training and testing | 53 s | 8fb4fa29 |
| Tue 2 Dec 2025 | 1:57 pm | Call for service | 12 min | 18f9d530 |
| Tue 2 Dec 2025 | 3:16 pm | Call for service | 15 min | 3b8972be |
| Tue 2 Dec 2025 | 3:49 pm | Call for service | 14 min | 7bcae446 |
| Tue 2 Dec 2025 | 5:13 pm | Other | 6 min | e4a28f10 |
| Tue 2 Dec 2025 | 8:31 pm | Call for service | 11 min | c26c26ad |
| Tue 2 Dec 2025 | 10:02 pm | Call for service | 10 min | 40f1b0c9 |
| Tue 2 Dec 2025 | 11:19 pm | Call for service | 4 min | 2255d7fe |
| Wed 3 Dec 2025 | 2:18 pm | Call for service | 5 min | 6118403f |
| Wed 3 Dec 2025 | 5:21 pm | Call for service | 6 min | 437276a0 |
| Wed 3 Dec 2025 | 5:31 pm | Call for service | 12 min | d996a12b |
| Wed 3 Dec 2025 | 8:53 pm | Call for service | 18 min | 41179a79 |
| Wed 3 Dec 2025 | 10:08 pm | Search | 7 min | 4a42d07d |
| Wed 3 Dec 2025 | 10:16 pm | Call for service | 7 min | d06a935e |
| Wed 3 Dec 2025 | 10:51 pm | Call for service | 6 min | 39735b99 |
| Thu 4 Dec 2025 | 1:42 pm | Call for service | 8 min | d7bc67e5 |
| Thu 4 Dec 2025 | 2:08 pm | Traffic and crashes | 12 min | 8eaf7230 |
| Thu 4 Dec 2025 | 5:05 pm | Search | 21 min | 95261c85 |
| Thu 4 Dec 2025 | 8:06 pm | Call for service | 9 min | 044aef1b |
| Thu 4 Dec 2025 | 8:28 pm | Call for service | 7 min | 200d41b1 |
| Fri 5 Dec 2025 | 3:59 pm | Search | 11 min | 9553af12 |
| Fri 5 Dec 2025 | 8:25 pm | Call for service | 3 min | 51538068 |
| Fri 5 Dec 2025 | 10:26 pm | Call for service | 3 min | 1288a895 |
| Sat 6 Dec 2025 | 4:57 pm | Events | 15 min | 50c87a89 |
| Sat 6 Dec 2025 | 5:33 pm | Events | 19 min | 0cdb3611 |
| Sat 6 Dec 2025 | 6:25 pm | Events | 16 min | 34b20951 |
| Sun 7 Dec 2025 | 3:38 pm | Training and testing | 53 s | dd28cc20 |
| Sun 7 Dec 2025 | 3:41 pm | Call for service | 19 min | 3034edfd |
| Mon 8 Dec 2025 | 3:39 pm | Training and testing | 57 s | c744e2bf |
| Wed 10 Dec 2025 | 5:25 pm | Call for service | 6 min | f0d771c4 |
| Thu 11 Dec 2025 | 10:04 am | Call for service | 10 min | 0dd3be53 |
| Thu 11 Dec 2025 | 2:32 pm | Traffic and crashes | 3 min | 2802e024 |
| Thu 11 Dec 2025 | 5:20 pm | Events | 9 min | 1ecf87a5 |
| Thu 11 Dec 2025 | 6:40 pm | Events | 16 min | eeaecbc6 |
| Thu 11 Dec 2025 | 7:57 pm | Events | 5 min | b46c56b7 |
| Thu 11 Dec 2025 | 8:23 pm | Call for service | 4 min | 6a6c55cb |
| Thu 11 Dec 2025 | 9:26 pm | Call for service | 9 min | 8a9f7468 |
| Fri 12 Dec 2025 | 10:51 am | Call for service | 7 min | 42cfdeba |
| Fri 12 Dec 2025 | 11:45 am | Call for service | 9 min | 07884ce7 |
| Fri 12 Dec 2025 | 1:01 pm | Call for service | 13 min | b59cffe5 |
| Fri 12 Dec 2025 | 4:30 pm | Other | 4 min | 9a536eb2 |
| Sun 14 Dec 2025 | 5:10 pm | Call for service | 8 min | 2f3dece4 |
| Sun 14 Dec 2025 | 6:26 pm | Call for service | 11 min | 029d722b |
| Sun 14 Dec 2025 | 9:18 pm | Call for service | 13 min | 070cade3 |
| Sun 14 Dec 2025 | 11:05 pm | Call for service | 8 min | dfc8ea37 |
| Mon 15 Dec 2025 | 2:14 am | Call for service | 9 min | 84d66fca |
| Mon 15 Dec 2025 | 12:02 pm | Training and testing | 57 s | 43033887 |
| Mon 15 Dec 2025 | 12:15 pm | Training and testing | 18 min | 0c1adc98 |
| Mon 15 Dec 2025 | 1:39 pm | Training and testing | 10 min | c924ba2c |
| Mon 15 Dec 2025 | 2:01 pm | Training and testing | 12 min | d4e593ef |
| Mon 15 Dec 2025 | 2:46 pm | Training and testing | 2 min | f5991ff4 |
| Mon 15 Dec 2025 | 7:05 pm | Events | 13 min | 43884627 |
| Mon 15 Dec 2025 | 8:01 pm | Events | 8 min | 93cfb6a1 |
| Mon 15 Dec 2025 | 10:26 pm | Call for service | 21 min | f23fd8b9 |
| Mon 15 Dec 2025 | 11:58 pm | Events | 11 min | 14e6ddbb |
| Tue 16 Dec 2025 | 12:40 am | Call for service | 8 min | 8e2667dc |
| Tue 16 Dec 2025 | 2:17 am | Events | 16 min | fd08838f |
| Tue 16 Dec 2025 | 3:01 am | Call for service | 11 min | c0eda4a8 |
| Tue 16 Dec 2025 | 9:53 am | Other | 18 min | 15ce0095 |
| Tue 16 Dec 2025 | 10:49 pm | Other | 13 min | d99cc068 |
| Wed 17 Dec 2025 | 9:26 am | Call for service | 8 min | ddbee7fb |
| Wed 17 Dec 2025 | 11:12 am | Other | 2 min | b5f15937 |
| Wed 17 Dec 2025 | 11:15 am | Other | 6 min | 8bfa453a |
| Wed 17 Dec 2025 | 11:24 am | Other | 3 min | 7843a49e |
| Wed 17 Dec 2025 | 11:29 am | Other | 4 min | 1af97e0f |
| Wed 17 Dec 2025 | 12:47 pm | Training and testing | 3 min | c34670d4 |
| Wed 17 Dec 2025 | 2:00 pm | Training and testing | 6 min | 81563723 |
| Wed 17 Dec 2025 | 4:02 pm | Call for service | 12 min | b71cae88 |
| Wed 17 Dec 2025 | 7:46 pm | Call for service | 9 min | 5f2bc85b |
| Fri 19 Dec 2025 | 7:38 am | Call for service | 14 min | 5dfdb475 |
| Fri 19 Dec 2025 | 8:19 am | Other | 12 min | 3aacd020 |
| Fri 19 Dec 2025 | 1:23 pm | Call for service | 8 min | dbcc37b4 |
| Fri 19 Dec 2025 | 6:24 pm | Training and testing | 3 min | 4a6478f7 |
| Fri 19 Dec 2025 | 7:19 pm | Call for service | 4 min | 024a8a0f |
| Fri 19 Dec 2025 | 7:30 pm | Call for service | 4 min | a3dbb5ae |
| Sun 21 Dec 2025 | 1:44 pm | Search | 8 min | d4470578 |
| Sun 21 Dec 2025 | 8:00 pm | Call for service | 10 min | 65591e97 |
| Sun 21 Dec 2025 | 8:38 pm | Call for service | 1 min 36 s | 7eeb9059 |
| Sun 21 Dec 2025 | 9:09 pm | Call for service | 7 min | 47aa1dfa |
| Mon 22 Dec 2025 | 1:09 am | Call for service | 6 min | fa2decca |
| Mon 22 Dec 2025 | 11:46 am | Training and testing | 20 min | 74a6b651 |
| Mon 22 Dec 2025 | 6:14 pm | Training and testing | 48 s | 8186b9b2 |
| Mon 22 Dec 2025 | 6:32 pm | Call for service | 8 min | 13a9fbaa |
| Mon 22 Dec 2025 | 7:02 pm | Call for service | 4 min | 8fbdc113 |
| Mon 22 Dec 2025 | 7:43 pm | Call for service | 13 min | 8c0c99fe |
| Mon 22 Dec 2025 | 10:49 pm | Call for service | 8 min | e64988fa |
| Tue 23 Dec 2025 | 12:25 am | Call for service | 11 min | c4f7496a |
| Tue 23 Dec 2025 | 12:48 am | Events | 19 min | 18df1802 |
| Tue 23 Dec 2025 | 2:29 am | Call for service | 15 min | 0f6bd267 |
| Tue 23 Dec 2025 | 6:31 pm | Training and testing | 3 min | c5efb528 |
| Tue 23 Dec 2025 | 7:26 pm | Events | 16 min | c23ccba5 |
| Tue 23 Dec 2025 | 8:12 pm | Events | 11 min | 3a9a1e37 |
| Tue 23 Dec 2025 | 9:42 pm | Call for service | 12 min | 18fa9b2d |
| Tue 23 Dec 2025 | 10:04 pm | Call for service | 6 min | b9cb4913 |
| Tue 23 Dec 2025 | 10:54 pm | Call for service | 18 min | 126b2409 |
| Wed 24 Dec 2025 | 1:03 am | Events | 10 min | f83341fa |
| Wed 24 Dec 2025 | 9:25 am | Call for service | 11 min | 343d6402 |
| Wed 24 Dec 2025 | 10:38 am | Other | 16 min | 8b18ce67 |
| Wed 24 Dec 2025 | 12:52 pm | Call for service | 7 min | c2f37f0e |
| Wed 24 Dec 2025 | 2:20 pm | Call for service | 8 min | 630ac6fa |
| Wed 24 Dec 2025 | 2:55 pm | Call for service | 20 min | 50037337 |
| Wed 24 Dec 2025 | 3:51 pm | Events | 17 min | a54ecc58 |
| Wed 24 Dec 2025 | 5:01 pm | Events | 7 min | 05d62647 |
| Fri 26 Dec 2025 | 6:38 pm | Call for service | 8 min | ec26631e |
| Tue 30 Dec 2025 | 2:10 pm | Events | 16 min | cb1c554c |
| Tue 30 Dec 2025 | 4:13 pm | Call for service | 9 min | f2424bcb |
| Tue 30 Dec 2025 | 4:46 pm | Training and testing | 1 min 55 s | 3240b1f0 |
| Tue 30 Dec 2025 | 5:08 pm | Call for service | 4 min | 5124cc71 |
| Wed 31 Dec 2025 | 5:06 pm | Call for service | 14 min | 44e72372 |
| Wed 31 Dec 2025 | 5:43 pm | Call for service | 18 min | a7476941 |
| Wed 31 Dec 2025 | 7:28 pm | Call for service | 8 min | 5d00a860 |
All 112 flights in December 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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