Safety and Security

“Drones for Good” continue to prove their worth in saving lives. In the arena of search and rescue, UAV technology is helping public-safety agencies find missing people faster and provide assistance to distressed natural disaster victims. In Minnesota, a police drone successfully located a lost hunter in a swampy state …

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 …

Navy Precision Optical Interferometer, Flagstaff, Arizona (Source: WikiCommons) A Canadian GPS company is partnering with the U.S. defense department to make sure the nation’s top astronomical installations always have a clear signal – and drones will provide that protection from the air. Calgary-based NovAtel, a global provider of OEM GPS …

Photo courtesy of microdrones A German drone manufacturer is using the power of viral video to tout its new water-rescue drone that has already made a splash in the eyes of the nation’s lifeguards. This past week, microdrones released a new video depicting a German lifeguard locating a “drowning” swimmer …

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 …

Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Maddelin Angebrand The U.S. Navy is testing a virtual net it hopes can both detect and splash rogue drones before they become a clear and present danger. During an exercise last week, missile destroyers USS Lassen and USS Jason Dunham checked out …

An anti-UAV company’s drone-dropping launcher proved to be Top Gun during a recent industry competition. Start-up firm OpenWorks Engineering won the Best UAS Interdiction Award at the Countering Unauthorized Unmanned Aircraft Systems Challenge in August. The company’s flagship product, SkyWall, stopped the most drones out of seven finalists. Staged at Quantico …

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 …

A Latvian drone-equipment company is launching a new sensor array that may revolutionize police surveillance. Octopus ISR Systems, a subdivision of UAV Factory Ltd., designs UAV subsystems, develops platforms, and manufactures airframes. Its latest product line, Moving Target Indicator, is a micro-gimbal system that deploys advanced moving-target detection capabilities for …

But whenever Monday comes, but whenever Monday comes A-you can find me cryin’ all of the time —  The Mamas & The Papas, Monday, Monday If you love drones and you love law-enforcement, Monday will hopefully find you smiling as DRONELIFE presents another installment of Police Drone Roundup. Join us …