Police Drone Unit
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- Опубликовано: 13 июл 2017
- Devon & Cornwall and Dorset Police launch the UK's first operational Drone Unit
Historic day for the Alliance
Devon & Cornwall and Dorset Police have become the first police forces in the UK to launch a fully operational drone unit.
The latest in drone technology has been trialled in the respective forces since November 2015 and such has been their benefit, an operational drone unit has been created; the first of its kind in the UK.
Chief Superintendent Jim Nye, Commander for the Alliance Operations Department, said: “This is an historic step for the Alliance and policing in the UK; Drone capability is a cutting edge way to support operational policing across Devon, Cornwall and Dorset.
“This technology offers a highly cost effective approach in supporting our officers on the ground in operational policing.
“Drones will aid officers as part of missing person searches; crime scene photography; responding to major road traffic collisions; coastal and woodland searches and to combat wildlife crime.
“Drones can even help police track and monitor suspects during a firearm or terrorist incident, as it will allow officers to gain vital information, quickly, safely, and allow us to respond effectively at the scene.
“Being the first police forces in the country to have a stand-alone, fully operational drone unit is a great source of pride for the Alliance, and proves that we continue to work hard to find innovative ways to adapt to the ever-changing policing landscape.”
Drone Team Manager, Andy Hamilton, said: “It is fantastic to see both forces working together to lead the way in utilising new, cutting-edge technology. Having previously been a police officer for 30 years, I have seen how technology has changed and can help us become more efficient in what we are trying to achieve.
“An example of this is historically, any aerial photos or videos have been captured by The National Police Air Service (NPAS) helicopter; this is not always the best use of resources. Instead of always sending a helicopter on an hour’s flight to take a few photos of a crime scene, we can now use a drone to carry out the same task.
“Whilst drones will enhancing our roads policing function, I also see this technology being able to complement NPAS by allowing helicopters to be available for more serious incidents across the South West.”
The Drone Unit is currently using a DJI Inspire drone equipped with a zoom camera and a thermal imaging to allow for operational use 24 hours a day. The camera is HD/4K quality and can capture both video and still images. We have also purchased a smaller DJI Mavic to test its portability as it is smaller and lighter in weight.
We currently have six drones in operational use based in Plymouth and Dorset. In the coming months, drones will be in roads policing vehicles across Devon, Cornwall and Dorset, offering on the move, 24/7 support to operational policing across the Alliance.
Chief Supt Nye, continued: “At present we have five officers trained across both forces. Over the next twelve months we are aiming to have a further 40 officers having completed their Civil Aviation (CAA) training, allow them to be fully accredited and enable them to operate the drone.
“We will also be adding to the number of drones we have as the number of trained officer’s increases.”
The Drone Unit has a strong following on Twitter. @PoliceDrones has been keeping the public informed about where and when the drone is in operational use within Devon and Cornwall, and Dorset since the trail began in November 2015.
The team also shares operational footage and images of the drone in action via this handle.
Have you lot been near gatwick airport with these
no doubt
Sounds like a police cover up. Chief of police is a walking contradiction and is now saying the drones sighted may have been police drones! His story all over the place.
Lol I live near Gatwick
Did you notice at 1:07 that the Right light on the Inspire is broken, I wonder how that happened.
Love it
Hii awesome page ☺ Keep it up!
Coming to a LEZ near you!
Cops: Launching inspire
Me: *"Hold my Mavic Air"*
0:54 that information is off; the Mavic can fly above cloud level which is a lot higher than 120m and distance wise it can definitely go much further than 500m. BUT they cannot LEGALLY fly 120m above ground level or more than 500m away from the owner. I think there are ways around those rules (CAA permissions and what not) but to be honest there's not much of a sane reason to go beyond those thresholds outside of getting some neat photos
They should make ones blue and white to camouflage through the sky, they should also have EMP jammers on them to take down other drones for certain things, they should also be a sky limit to as high they can fly and come with an inside siren system. They should not have police written on them they should just have that maybe written small in black in ink.
They should piss off out the sky full stop.
I have a inspire 1 and its a rite machine
Its the inspire 2, just dji products with cool cameras on it. Isn't it cool. Using the dji mavic to map agricultural fields with the parrot sequia. Flimmed a dog fight once that I heard from down the street.
Wayne Juntunen
What region of the World (USA?)
I'm south east USA.
It's the inspire 1, not 2
DJI Inspire 1 Pro and the folding one is Mavic Pro
can i use youre video for my school project
Is it really foldable and that small?
It is
I have the DJI inspire, I wonder if I had it done in police colours would it be classed as imitating an officer..
I am a BNUC-S Qualified UAV pilot and i wrote to Leicestershire Constabulary in 2014 offering my services as an instructor and Maintenance advisor....
I was advised to write to the Home Office, which i did 3 times with no reply...
As you see, the police like to keep everything in house for themselves. Sour Grapes?...Bloody right Sour Grapes!
call it NEW WORLD ORDER POLICE
Any chance of having a Bobby to walk up and down our high street or is that asking too much.
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I can see police scout drones like this. Then I also hypothesise in the future aggressive police drones. Surrounded by composite or metallic ball/Mesh. Flashing lights loud sirens and cops hollering stop! Maybe even brown noise or extreme low frequency. Such things are coming to the fore police should be able to have the xapabilty. ;p
Welcome BlackMirror
The police ones should have flashing blue lights and 'mee-maws'.
That's another thing that can be banned, all these stupid hog mobiles with noisy sirens.
*1:06** That aircraft taking off from an airport is it less than 1KM? If so, police are breaking the law!*
what law?
@@RasReaps you can't fly anywhere near an airport
Is it bulletproof?
nope! the Inspire 1 (the big fellah in the reflective police colours) and the Mavic Pro (the tiny fold up one) aren't even waterproof, and the props are only made out of plastic. I doubt the Police plan to use them in areas where they're likely to get shot down, and even if they did they would probably keep it at a height where the gunman would have a hard time taking it down quick (say 150 to 200ft perhaps?)
Twig let guns ain’t rare in uk ffs
The people will be the first to put guns on drones, but the police will be the first to use it on people.
Do the math on who has the most numbers.
Skynet
Inspires are shite let me do it I build my own give me a budget and let me fly as much as I want
Try educating your officers on what the law is on people flying drones