BRUNSWICK, GA. | There’s always talk about police officers wearing out shoes on sidewalks, but rather than sending officers slogging through the marsh Wednesday to catch a fleeing suspect, the Glynn County police went overhead for help. Three Glynn County drone operators used cameras mounted on their small aircraft to track down a suspect who […]
LAWRENCE (CBS) — Massachusetts State Police are searching for the operator of a drone they say nearly struck one of their Air Wing helicopters Wednesday morning. The near-collision happened around 11:20 a.m., when State Police helicopter Air 2 was flying over the Lawrence Municipal Airport while travelling from Holliston to Newburyport on a training flight. […]
(Embry-Riddle/David Massey) The world’s leading aeronautical university, Embry-Riddle, has announced a partnership with the Daytona Beach Police Department (DBPD) to launch an aviation program. The new aviation program will include a 5-officer unit and two drones, and is scheduled to launch at the end of this year. “Anything we can get to protect our citizens […]
Gary Friedman/Getty Images At Tuesday’s meeting of the Los Angeles Police Commission, the Los Angeles Police Department said that it wanted to test the use of drones in a one-year pilot program. The announcement was met with immediate resistance from a group of activists who gathered to denounce the use of any drones by the […]
Tony Holt @tholt74 DAYTONA BEACH — Police are gearing up to add drones to their fleet, and their chief insists they will be used for search and rescue and emergency management purposes. Spying will not be part of it, he said. “It’s not to surveil people,” Capri told a room full of reporters Thursday morning. “It’s […]
Tony Holt @tholt74 DAYTONA BEACH — Police are gearing up to add drones to their fleet, and their chief insists they will be used for search and rescue and emergency management purposes. Spying will not be part of it, he said. “It’s not to surveil people,” Capri told a room full of reporters Thursday morning. “It’s […]
Gary Friedman/Getty Images At Tuesday’s meeting of the Los Angeles Police Commission, the Los Angeles Police Department said that it wanted to test the use of drones in a one-year pilot program. The announcement was met with immediate resistance from a group of activists who gathered to denounce the use of any drones by the […]
Gary Friedman/Getty Images At Tuesday’s meeting of the Los Angeles Police Commission, the Los Angeles Police Department said that it wanted to test the use of drones in a one-year pilot program. The announcement was met with immediate resistance from a group of activists who gathered to denounce the use of any drones by the […]
(Embry-Riddle/David Massey) The world’s leading aeronautical university, Embry-Riddle, has announced a partnership with the Daytona Beach Police Department (DBPD) to launch an aviation program. The new aviation program will include a 5-officer unit and two drones, and is scheduled to launch at the end of this year. “Anything we can get to protect our citizens […]
Gary Friedman/Getty Images At Tuesday’s meeting of the Los Angeles Police Commission, the Los Angeles Police Department said that it wanted to test the use of drones in a one-year pilot program. The announcement was met with immediate resistance from a group of activists who gathered to denounce the use of any drones by the […]
Tony Holt @tholt74 DAYTONA BEACH — Police are gearing up to add drones to their fleet, and their chief insists they will be used for search and rescue and emergency management purposes. Spying will not be part of it, he said. “It’s not to surveil people,” Capri told a room full of reporters Thursday morning. “It’s […]
Gary Friedman/Getty Images At Tuesday’s meeting of the Los Angeles Police Commission, the Los Angeles Police Department said that it wanted to test the use of drones in a one-year pilot program. The announcement was met with immediate resistance from a group of activists who gathered to denounce the use of any drones by the […]
GEORGETOWN, Ky. (WKYT) – The Georgetown Police Department’s Drone Unit was able to put their skills to the test. On Sunday, officers were able to use the drone to find a suspect who was hiding from them. Georgetown Police responded to a burglary alarm in the Washington Square Shopping Center at 1:45 a.m. They found […]
The Los Angeles Police Department’s slow and careful process for developing a policy on how it will deploy drones is imperfect, but Chief Charlie Beck and his department are approaching the question in the proper spirit, taking public input and considering the many very serious concerns about drones being used for unwarranted police snooping. If […]
GEORGETOWN, Ky. (WKYT) – The Georgetown Police Department’s Drone Unit was able to put their skills to the test. On Sunday, officers were able to use the drone to find a suspect who was hiding from them. Georgetown Police responded to a burglary alarm in the Washington Square Shopping Center at 1:45 a.m. They found […]