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  4. October 2026
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Hempstead, New York · one day

Wednesday 7 October 2026

25 drone flights from Hempstead Police Department's published record.

25

drone flights over Hempstead that day.

7:10 am

first takeoff; the last was at 11:42 pm.

13 min

median flight. Half were shorter.

Hempstead police drones flew 25 times on Wednesday 7 October 2026, the first at 7:10 am and the last at 11:42 pm EDT, by Hempstead Police Department's published record.

25 drawable flights of 25. 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, EDT.

12a1a2a3a4a5a6a7a8a9a10a11a12p1p2p3p4p5p6p7p8p9p10p11p

Why, in the agency's words

  1. Not stated92%
  2. Traffic and crashes4%
  3. Other4%

Flights, in order

25 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 (EDT)PurposeAirborneFlight
7:10 amNot stated11 minHEMPSTEA
8:42 amNot stated26 minHEMPSTEA
9:10 amNot stated26 minHEMPSTEA
9:38 amNot stated27 minHEMPSTEA
10:08 amNot stated25 minHEMPSTEA
10:39 amNot stated19 minHEMPSTEA
11:05 amNot stated7 minHEMPSTEA
11:23 amNot stated8 minHEMPSTEA
1:08 pmNot stated32 minHEMPSTEA
1:42 pmNot stated25 minHEMPSTEA
2:11 pmNot stated18 minHEMPSTEA
3:46 pmNot stated15 minHEMPSTEA
4:26 pmNot stated13 minHEMPSTEA
4:56 pmNot stated14 minHEMPSTEA
6:34 pmNot stated7 minHEMPSTEA
6:56 pmNot stated12 minHEMPSTEA
7:53 pmNot stated9 minHEMPSTEA
8:26 pmNot stated13 minHEMPSTEA
8:45 pmTraffic and crashes15 minHEMPSTEA
9:41 pmNot stated12 minHEMPSTEA
9:57 pmOther6 minHEMPSTEA
10:37 pmNot stated14 minHEMPSTEA
11:04 pmNot stated13 minHEMPSTEA
11:27 pmNot stated8 minHEMPSTEA
11:42 pmNot stated7 minHEMPSTEA

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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