Every Aerqor engagement follows the same seven phases. Each one ends with something concrete in your hands: a report, a plan, a policy or an authorization. You always know what you've paid for and what comes next.
We start with your agency, not the technology. We review calls for service, response-time targets, staffing, existing UAS assets and budget, and meet with command to define what success looks like. If DFR isn't the right fit, we'll tell you.
We specify aircraft, docks, sensors and software against your mission, your airspace and your procurement rules. That includes federal and state sourcing restrictions and grant eligibility. We work with multiple vendors and put the options side by side. Your agency makes the final choice.
We model coverage from your own data: population by census block, weighted by where calls actually happen. Candidate sites are scored by how much demand each one adds. We then check every site on the ground for airspace, obstructions, power, network, security and after-hours access, and set the response radius by the aircraft's real endurance.
We write the operating rules your program will be judged by: which calls get a launch, what the camera may and may not do, how long video is kept, who can see it and how evidence is handled. We draft for your legal review and help brief your governing body and community.
Law enforcement DFR programs fly as Public Aircraft Operations (PAO) under 14 CFR Part 91, through a public Certificate of Waiver or Authorization (COA) issued to your agency. Flying beyond visual line of sight takes added COA provisions backed by a documented safety case. We establish your public aircraft status, prepare the COA and BVLOS package, and manage it through approval.
The FAA makes the final determination on every authorization.
Under Public Aircraft Operations, your agency sets and certifies its own pilot qualifications. We write that standard and train to it. We also train everyone else who touches the program, not just the pilots. Dispatchers learn which calls to flag, officers learn to work with the feed, and command learns how to read program data. Training records are kept for audit, and proficiency is maintained with recurrent training.
We support your first live calls side by side with your team. From there, either your team runs the program, or Aerqor takes it over completely: pilots, supervision, fleet readiness, live video, retention and reporting, for one flat monthly fee per site.
How Full Operations worksAn excerpt from the kind of coverage study we produce in Phase 03. Every candidate site is scored, every assumption is stated, and the limits of the model are written down.
| Site | Adds | Calls covered |
|---|---|---|
| 1 · City center | 38% | |
| 2 · South corridor | 56% | |
| 3 · Harbor district | 65% | |
| 4 · North residential | 71% |
Method: candidate sites ranked by call-weighted coverage gain, then checked against airspace, obstructions and endurance-based radius. Fictional county; figures are illustrative.
Federal and state rules increasingly limit which aircraft public agencies can buy and fund. We review every option for sourcing restrictions, data security and grant eligibility before it reaches your purchasing office, so the program doesn't get grounded by a procurement problem later.
DFR programs succeed or fail on community confidence. We help you set firm limits on use, publish what you fly and why, and answer questions before they become controversies.
The consultation is free. The assessment gives you a clear picture whether you build with us or not.