12-Feb-2013 Source: HeliHub.com
Mayor Mike McGlinn issued the following brief statement “Today I spoke with Seattle Police Chief John Diaz and we agreed that it was time to end the unmanned aerial vehicle program, so that SPD can focus its resources on public safety and the community building work that is the department’s priority. The vehicles will be returned to the vendor.”
Press reports which followed include this one from Fox – Seattle mayor orders police to scrap drone plan
Seattle was using the Draganfly X6 UAV
Jeremy Parkin – HeliHub.com