Law Enforcement

Multiple sources are reporting South Carolina jail officers suspect Jimmy Causey, a prisoner on the Lieber Correctional Institution,  could have used a drone to fly in instruments that enabled him to interrupt out of the establishment. Mr. Causey was recaptured in Texas Friday. He escapted on July 4th. “We 100 …

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Guest put up by Dan Eylon, Skytech Systems — The following is an summary from a paper by Dan Eylon “Law Enforcement Drones – Applications and Ownership.” Remote Piloted Airborne Systems (RPAS), extra generally often called drones, are a “must have” for emergency administration and regulation enforcement actions. As help …

WikiCommons The now-famous cry “don’t tase me, Bro” may someday be shouted into the heavens at indifferent drones. Taser, a company synonymous with police stun guns, discussed arming drones with its electrifying products at the International Association of Chiefs of Police in San Diego earlier this month. According to the Wall Street …

An industry leader in the police-drone sector has scored another victory in the search-and-rescue arena. On Oct. 14, the Ontario Provincial Police found a missing man after deploying drones manufactured by Canada-based Aeryon Labs. The man, who suffers from dementia, went missing at twilight in a rural area. After his …

Police agencies in Central Asia are using more drones to fight drug trafficking, riots and roving gangs of thugs. In Pakistan, law-enforcement agencies report an upswing in drone deployment across municipal and provincial police departments. Officers use the aircraft to monitor large gatherings in an effort to quell potential riots …

Microsoft wants to bring law enforcement into the “cloud” and drones can help lift them to new heights. On Monday, the software giant demonstrated Microsoft Cloud for Government at the International Association of Chiefs of Police in San Diego. The software bundle provides secure cloud computing to government agencies and …

Source: Essex Police Residents of an English county are split over a new police initiative to deploy drones to scour rural areas for would-be near-do-wells. This past week, the Essex Police commenced Operation Buzzard, a campaign officials say will reduce crime in farming areas. Farmers regularly report problems with machinery …

courtesy of Aeryon Labs A Canadian drone company already a leader in police-driven UAV tech scored two victories recently that will no doubt launch it higher into the growing public-safety sector. Last week, Aeryon Labs unveiled an on-site option for its cloud-based, real-time video/data streaming platform, AeryonLive. The new system …

A drone-stopping solution some say is for the birds will officially take flight over the Netherlands in what may be the first police use of a living creature as an anti-UAV measure. In February, DRONELIFE reported that Dutch company, Guard From Above had launched a plan to deploy eagles and other …