Why Your Drone Program is Doomed to Fail (And How to Save It) with David Spraggs
Dronecast: Rethinking Public Safety, One Drone at a Time · 2025-09-30 · 20 min
Episode notes
In Part 2 of this special DroneCast series, Joe Kearns continues the conversation with David Spraggs, Manager of Customer Success at DroneSense and veteran public safety leader. With more than 26 years at the Boulder Police Department including service as a bomb squad commander and pioneer of one of the nation’s early police drone programs—David brings both tactical expertise and technical insight into how drones can reshape public safety operations. Today, in his role at DroneSense, he leads a team of customer success managers and learning development specialists, all with public safety backgrounds, helping agencies nationwide implement sustainable drone programs. This episode builds on David’s Part 1 story of early adoption and community trust, shifting focus toward advanced strategies and lessons for long-term program success. He explains why clear communication between frontline officers and drone operators is essential, how structured training schedules sustain readiness, and why leveraging existing resources like LEDA and Drone Responders accelerates adoption.