Brecon Mountain Rescue Team has been authorised to use drones for searches. Over the next 6-12 months the team’s 7 CAA licensed drone pilots will be developing a drone search and rescue service. The team has been developing a waterproof search drone with the ability to lift small items and is due to take delivery…
Interview with Tom Shainberg, Senior Drone Pilot of Devon & Cornwall Police According to an independent study from HMICFRS (Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services)1 conducted in March 2017, over 65% of UK ‘police forces ‘had either purchased at least one drone or had ready access to one,’. However, with the ever increasing…
Late last week, the equivalent of about two months’ rain fell in two days, forcing 1,000 people out of their homes – about half the population – and flooding nearly 130 properties in the Wainfleet, Lincolnshire, UK. As the rain fell, it became crucial to the Environment Agency and the Emergency Services to map the flooding…
As a progressive force, British Transport Police is continually looking to benefit from the newest technology and in 2018, the Force was proud to launch a trial project investigating the use of drones. They have a small number of pilots and are currently trialling several types of drones. As a national police force, they have…
In the past 24 hours, there have seen two people have been arrested for flying their drones illegally. On May 7th 2019 in Skegness, a man was found sat in his car facing the opposite way to the drone flying with FPV (first person view) goggles on. He was arrested, interviewed and cautioned for breach…
According to UH News, Switzerland’s Rigi Technologies is planning to launch a drone-based medical supply system centred in the Son Espases hospital in the Balearic island of Mallorca. The newspaper quotes the business director of the company, David Rovira as saying the aim “is to develop in Mallorca and the rest of the islands a pioneer transport…
For the next 12 months, a new drone trial is taking flight to support vital search and rescue action around the coast of Essex, thanks to a partnership between Essex Police, the Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) and the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI). Credit Essex Police The year-long trial, which starts today 29 April,…