This Public Safety Panel representing Emergency Management, Law Enforcement, and Fire dives deep into best practices for building and scaling drone operations to meet agency needs and budget with a special emphasis on leveraging interoperable resources for mutual-aid deployments. From using drones to provide security for POTUS, to mutual-aid search and rescue operations, and mitigating barricaded suspect and active shooter threats, this panel is a must for attendees building a drone program in public safety.