周三下午 1:30，明尼阿波利斯市议会在讨论一项拟议的警用无人机试点项目时吸引了大量关注 [1]。该项目旨在利用无人机作为“第一响应者”以缩短 911 报警的现场响应时间 [1]。若获得批准，该计划将于 7 月 20 日正式启动，并在第四警区（北部区域）实施为期 75 天的免费试点项目 [1][1]。
会议期间，近 50 名市民报名发言，会场座无虚席并溢出至隔壁房间 [1]。与会者对警方计划引入无人机表示强烈反对，主要担忧该技术会被用于大规模监控从而侵犯隐私权 [1]。尽管警方和官员强调无人机仅用于评估现场情况而非替代警力，但公众对执法部门的不信任以及对供应商 Skydio（一家加州公司）背景的顾虑使得该计划面临巨大争议 [1][1]。
市议会将于 7 月 16 日对该项目进行投票表决 [1]。根据项目规定，非证据相关的影像资料将在生成后保留 7 天并随后删除 [1]。
The Minneapolis City Council convened on Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 p.m. to deliberate a proposed pilot program for law enforcement drones intended to serve as first responders and reduce 911 call response times [1]. The meeting attracted nearly 50 registered speakers, filling the council chamber so densely that attendees overflowed into an adjacent room [1]. While police officials emphasized that the unmanned aerial vehicles would be used solely to assess scenes rather than replace human officers, significant public opposition emerged regarding potential mass surveillance and privacy violations [1]. Residents expressed deep distrust of law enforcement agencies alongside concerns about the background of Skydio, the California-based vendor supplying the technology [1]. The pilot project is designed as a free initiative lasting 75 days; if approved by voters on July 16, operations would commence on July 20 in Minneapolis's fourth police district located north of downtown [1]. Under the proposal, non-evidentiary imagery captured during flights would be automatically deleted after seven days [1].