First Responders

Police, fire, and search-and-rescue teams putting drones to work when minutes matter.

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Police

The police drone team aided in the search for a missing person at Bardon Hull quarry site, along with Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service.

Haye KestelooAug 27

FLIR Systems

FLIR Systems introduces the Vue TZ20 dual thermal camera drone payload. A plug-and-play gimbal system for the DJI Matrice 200 & 300...

Haye KestelooAug 25

Video

George Steinmetz had his DJI Mavic 2 Pro drone confiscated by the New York Police Department (NYPD). Now he has it back! The case was...

Haye KestelooAug 17

Drones for Good

DJI Matrice drone was used by Nottinghamshire Police's Drone Unit to find missing 10-year-old boy, who fled his home after a family argument.

Haye KestelooAug 15

Drone as First Responder

The 96th Security Forces Squadron is already equipped with a football-sized drone, called the Throwbot, to assist base security.

Haye KestelooAug 15

Police

The drone arrest of a stabbing suspect was a first in the history of the Santa Maria Police Department. The unmanned aircraft was used to...

Haye KestelooAug 13

Drone as First Responder

A fire department drone monitors the scene of a major gas explosion in the Reisterstown Station neighborhood in Northwest Baltimore

Haye KestelooAug 11

Police

The St. Cloud Police Department in Minnesota used a police drone and K9 to locate a man who is suspected of stealing a van. Waite Park...

Haye KestelooAug 11

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