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Award winning Halton Canada Police use Aeryon

October 29, 2013 11:27 pm | jordanengel

http://www.aeryon.com/news/latest-news/inthenews/559-halton-police-drone-high-tech-surveillance.html

Increasingly key components on foreign battlefields, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are slowly starting to trickle back home. And with its Canadian-made Aeryon Scout, Halton Regional Police are on the forefront of domestic drone use.

Purchased in 2009, the Scout is used for a variety of public safety missions, including search and rescues and accident investigations. Last year the drone helped Halton Police find $744, 000 worth of marijuana growing in a Milton farmer’s field.

Posted in: Law Enforcement, Search Rescue Fire

decrease response times with uavs

October 27, 2013 6:35 pm | jordanengel

http://uavactual.blogspot.com.es/2013/09/police-uavs-helps-on-decreasing.html

When disaster strikes, a quick response is necessary in order to save lives. In most cases, there’s a limited window of time for responders to rescue survivors, and often this window shrinks as it takes firefighters, police, and first responders use a great deal of time to gather information and plot a rescue strategy.