More Headlines MADISON, Wis. – Madison police are using drone technology to monitor from above during this year’s Shake the Lake event. According to special events Lt. Dave McCaw, the drones allow officers off-site to see what’s happening from above in real time. He says this will help to find lost …
Read More »Haines City Police Department Launches Drone Initiative
Haines City Police Department Launches Drone Initiative HAINES CITY, FL – Last week, the Haines City Police Department’s unmanned aerial vehicle, better known as a drone, initiative officially got underway. The program will be headed by Sgt. Chad Smith. Smith spent 40 hours of training, earning his certification from the Federal …
Read More »Kansas City police use drones to bust criminals
Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) — Drone technology is changing the way the world works. Packages are delivered via drone, KCTV5 News operates a drone to bring you the best images we can during breaking news and severe weather, and police are using them …
Read More »Australian Federal Police eye anti-drone capability
The Australian Federal Police are seeking ongoing authorisation to use so-called drone-jamming capabilities that can be used to disable remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) and similar unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Drone jamming devices target the frequencies used by an operator to control a drone, which generally leads to the drone …
Read More »Arlington Police Drone Helps SWAT Nab Wanted Man
Arlington police are crediting their drone Aviation Unit in helping SWAT officers make an arrest while serving a narcotics warrant earlier this month. According to the department, on March 15 SWAT officers were serving a warrant when a known offender attempted to escape arrest by jumping out of a bedroom …
Read More »Commercial drone shot down, police launch investigation
The drone and the equipment it was fitted with are understood to be worth nearly $500,000. Evoenergy declined to answer questions about the incident. A spokeswoman said inquiries about “any matters related to unlawful behaviour” should be directed to ACT Policing. Evoenergy’s 2018 annual planning report said the company trialled the …
Read More »Tecumseh police complete drone training – News – The Shawnee…
Saturday Jan 26, 2019 at 5:45 AM Tecumseh Police — Major Mallinson, Detective Baker, Officer Seikel, Officer Borromeo and Officer Snow participated in drone training recently. The Tecumseh Police Department recently purchased a law enforcement drone through the Justin Terney Police Foundation. The drone is equipped with infrared technology that will …
Read More »Scotland Yard asks volunteers to help police skies over Heat…
Scotland Yard is appealing for sharp-eyed plane spotters to help police the skies around Heathrow after drone sightings caused chaos at Gatwick. Aviation enthusiasts are being asked to join the Met Police’s volunteer scheme, “Heathrow Airport Watch”, to help prevent crime and terrorism. It comes just weeks after Gatwick Airport was …
Read More »New York police to use drone to patrol Times Square on New Y…
NEW YORK — It’s an Auld Lang Syne of the times: For the first time, a police drone will be keeping watch over the New Year’s Eve celebration in New York’s Times Square. The unmanned eye-in-the-sky is the latest wrinkle in the New York City Police Department’s ever-evolving plan to …
Read More »Gatwick Airport drone sightings ‘could have been police dron…
A police chief has said that some of the Gatwick Airport drone sightings could have been police drones – that had been sent up after the original sighting. Police have revealed that they received 115 reports of sightings in the area, including 92 which have been confirmed as coming from …
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