Archive: https://archive.today/f3QHK From the post: >>Every Fourth of July, 911 call centers get flooded with complaints about illegal fireworks. Last year, between July 3 and July 5, Wheat Ridge police received 103 calls regarding illegal fireworks. In 2023, they had 90 calls. This year, the department is preparing for another busy Fourth of July holiday by overstaffing and using drones as a supplemental enforcement tool. “We try to make sure that we have plenty of officers to man the streets during those days,” said Alex Rose, public information officer for the Wheat Ridge Police Department. “We're going to be proactive in terms of having a lot of boots on the ground. We're going to be spread out throughout the city, but one of the tools that we have in our toolbox is drones.”