Are emergency services agencies and police using drones in the best way to serve communities? It’s a tricky question, and one at the forefront in the drone industry. As technology like facial recognition develops, communities are concerned with the expansion of drones in public agencies – creating a difficult environment …
Read More »Public Safety Drone Survey Addresses COVID, Data Security
File photo A groundbreaking survey of public safety agencies reveals new data about the use of drones during the COVID crisis and data security concerns surrounding their current UAV programs. Commissioned by the non-profit Airborne Incident Response Team in conjunction with its parent group DRONERESPONDERS, the study surveyed 300 …
Read More »States Play Catch-Up to Industry in Adoption of Drone Techno…
By DRONELIFE staff writer, Jim Magill image: TRC Over the past decade, industry has embraced the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, to do everything from detect for leaks in natural gas pipelines to inspect electric transmission towers: but it has only been within the last few years that …
Read More »Parrot, DroneSense Partner on Public-safety Drone Software
Source: DroneSense Public-safety drone software provider DroneSense and French UAV giant Parrot are soaring into a new corporate partnership. The agreement will marry Parrot’s ANAFI quadcopter with the full suite of DroneSense capabilities with a focus on the public-safety/first-responder drone market. The Texas startup’s platform is an out-of-the-box solution for …
Read More »Using Drones to Monitor Social Distancing is Now a Thing – i…
image: public domain News and Commentary. Drones equipped with loudspeaker systems are now being commonly used in the Covid-19 crisis to monitor communities for compliance to public safety orders – but some readers complain that being watched by police from the air is just plain “creepy.” The FAA says it …
Read More »Ocean Winds Toss Low-battery Drone into the Sea
Masonboro Inlet, NC – Source: Edward Orde – licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 A North Carolina EMS agency lost a $26,000 drone last week in a maritime crash during a training exercise. According to Port City Daily, a DJI Matrice 210 belonging to Pender EMS and Fire crashed into the …
Read More »New Report Suggests Public-Safety Drone Pilots Need More Tra…
Courtesy of DRONERESPONDERS The growth of public-safety drones may be grounded before it can soar unless the industry makes key changes. That’s the conclusion of a report released last week by DRONERESPONDERS. The alliance, billed as “the world’s fastest growing non-profit program supporting public safety UAS,” released Public Safety UAS …
Read More »Global Public-Safety Project Wants Data-driven Drones During…
Courtesy of ResponDrone A global consortium focusing on public-safety drones asked first responders what they wanted in UAV systems. The response? It’s all about the data. ResponDrone, an international project co-funded by the EU and the Korean government, recently surveyed first responders at a “Design Thinking” workshop in Greece last …
Read More »FAA Issues the First Ever COA for Beyond Visual Line of Sigh…
image courtesy Cape.com It’s another first for the drone industry – as beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) flight is becoming more regular, the FAA has now issued a Certificate of Authorization (COA) that includes a provision for BVLOS flight for a public safety organization – the CHula Vista Police …
Read More »Drones for Good: The Organization Donating Drones to Public …
When I had the opportunity to meet Marc Langley at this year’s InterDrone conference, it was clear that he’s a man with a passion. Not just for his own company – he is CEO of national drone services provider Airborne Works – but for the non-profit he founded this year – the …
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