CAPE TOWN – Despite at least five people being killed in suspected gang violence and crime in various areas on the Cape Flats over the long weekend, Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says the city’s model to fight crime is working. Speaking on the Kfm breakfast show on Tuesday morning, …
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Serious crime in Santa Monica increased by 10 percent in 2022 with aggravated assault, robbery, and car theft fueling the rise. Part 1 Crimes also include burglary and larceny and the preliminary 2022 total for the category was 4,719, up from 4,300 last year but still below 2018’s total of …
Read More »Pirate-hunting drone monitors crime on the high seas
SwissDrones The ocean is a lawless frontier. Anyone who follows Ian Urbina’s excellent series knows that crime abounds on the high seas and often goes unpunished. The factors contributing to lawlessness are complex and difficult to parse, but one issue is strictly logistical. The ocean is big and dangerous and …
Read More »County using thermal imaging drone technology to fight crime
By KENDALL KEYS, JAMES PAXSON Click here for updates on this story SAGINAW COUNTY, Michigan (WNEM) — A huge presence of law enforcement that culminated with the arrest of a man suspected of a break-in was done with the help from drone technology. “We can’t afford a helicopter, but I …
Read More »Sheriff’s Office unveils new drone unit to fight crime
>> IT IS SOUND OF MILWAUKEE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE NEWEST UNIT, THE DRONE UNIT. IT CONSISTS OF EIGHT MEMBERS. >> EVERBODY HAS THEIR FAA PART 107 LICENSE. >> AND TWO OF THE SMALL AIRCRAFT, AT $4000 APIECE. THE TECHNOLOGY HAS DRAWN PRIVACY CONCERNS IN THE PAST. >> THAT’S SOMETHING WE …
Read More »Drones deployed to fight crime in Houston neighborhoods
HOUSTON – The forecast was dire as Houston faced record rainfall and flooding with Hurricane Harvey bearing down. Officer Larry Boggus with the Memorial Villages Police Department was preparing for catastrophe. “I knew I was going to be locked in at the department for several days, and so I brought …
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