EYEBYME · IF SOMETHING HAPPENS
One drone stays with you.
A second one follows them.
Most journeys with EyeByMe end the quiet way: nothing happens, you get home, the drone returns. This page is about the rare other ending — and how it's built so that everything that follows is calm, lawful and useful.
First, the honest framing
EyeByMe exists so that the incident never starts. A drone above you is visible, audible and clearly recording — for someone considering making you a victim, that removes the secrecy they were counting on. The overwhelming majority of journeys end with no incident at all.
But a safety promise that only works when nothing goes wrong isn't a promise. So here is what happens when, despite everything, it does.
Your drone never leaves you
The moment you're in trouble, the drone above you does exactly what it was doing — stays with you. Its job doesn't change: keep you in sight, keep recording what happens around you, keep the line to the security operator open, and keep speaking calmly to you while things are tense.
It does not chase anyone. It doesn't pursue, block or confront. Your drone has one priority, and that priority is you — your safety, and an honest record of what happened.
The second drone
You don't have to make the call — your drone's line to 112 is already open. While the emergency services are on that live connection, your EyeByMe security operator — who has been watching the live view — makes one decision: dispatch a second drone from the nearest station.
That drone's task is narrow and specific: follow the person leaving the scene. From above, at a distance, without engaging. It doesn't try to stop them, corner them or intervene — it simply doesn't lose sight of them, while streaming its position and view to the security operator and to the emergency services already on their way.
Why that matters
Today, most people who hurt someone on a night street are simply gone by the time help arrives. The description is vague, the trail is cold, and the case stalls at the first hour.
With a second drone overhead, that first hour changes shape. Emergency services don't receive a description — they receive a live position that updates as it moves. They can drive directly to the person, not to a place the person has already left. That is the difference between a report and an arrest.
And it works in both directions: the same visibility protects the wrongly accused. The recording from your drone shows what actually happened, from above, without an angle to argue about.
The rules we set ourselves
Following a human being is a serious thing, so it's bounded by rules that are part of the product, not an afterthought:
- The second drone follows, never confronts. It carries no protective measures and cannot touch, block or detain anyone.
- It only launches during an active incident, on the decision of a trained security operator — never automatically.
- It exists for the handover: once emergency services or police take over, the drone stops and returns to its station.
- The footage from both drones is encrypted, and what happened around you belongs to you — shared with emergency services or police on request or by law.
- No facial recognition, ever. The drone follows a person in the moment of an incident; it cannot identify or track anyone afterwards.
Questions about the second drone
Does the drone chase the attacker?+
It follows, it doesn't chase. There's no high-speed pursuit and no confrontation — the drone simply keeps the person in sight from a distance, the way a shadow would, while telling emergency services exactly where they are. Distance and calm are what make it useful.
Who decides to launch it?+
A trained security operator, always. The second drone is never sent automatically by an algorithm — a person watches the live view, weighs the situation and makes the call, with the emergency services already informed.
Isn't that taking the law into your own hands?+
No — that's exactly what the design prevents. The drone doesn't judge, punish or detain anyone. It preserves a situation for the people whose job it is: it keeps a person in sight and hands a live position to emergency services, who make every decision that follows.
What about the privacy of the person being followed?+
It's a real concern, and the answer is scope. The following exists only while an incident is active and emergency services are involved; it ends at the handover. No facial recognition is used, footage is shared only with emergency services or police on request or by law, and everything around your journey is handled under the same privacy rules as the rest of the service.
What if it turns out the person wasn't involved?+
Then the recording proves that too. Everything happens from above, on camera, from the moment you pressed the button — which protects the innocent as reliably as it supports the guilty outcome. Being seen accurately is the point.
Does my drone stop protecting me while the second one is out?+
Never. Your drone stays above you until you're home, whatever else is happening. The second drone is an addition, not a replacement — you never become the secondary concern.
The point of it all
The second drone is not a weapon and not a punishment. It's the reason someone walking home can feel calm about the worst case: if something happens, they won't be alone with it — and the person who caused it won't simply disappear around a corner.
Prevention is still the whole story. This is just the page that proves the promise holds all the way to the end.
Curious about everything the drone can do? Read the drone page, or write to us at care@eyebyme.com.