from bendbulletin.com As the Two Bulls Fire sent up a massive column of smoke over west Bend on June 7, Morgan Tien and his friends were hanging by the Awbrey Glen Golf Club pool just miles from the flames. The 14-year-old amateur cinematographer hustled to his nearby home and sent his DJI Phantom — a small quadcopter carrying a GoPro camera — aloft. Launching the … [Read more...] about Teen’s Drone Flight Contributed to Wildfire Warning
Law Enforcement
Another Drone Tries to Fly Phones Into a Prison
The days of smuggling cigarettes into jail through stuffed animals is on its way out for convicts. On Sunday, a remote-controlled helicopter stocked with mobile phones landed inside a jail near Larissa, Greece. The small UAV easily ascended the barbed wire fence and landed inside the jail walls, where luckily, it was quickly spotted by guards and then examined by bomb experts … [Read more...] about Another Drone Tries to Fly Phones Into a Prison
San Jose Police Buy a Drone
California’s third largest city is finally admitting what tech journalists have known for a while: its police department has a drone. An investigative report by Motherboard revealed that the San Jose Police Department owns a drone of which it earlier claimed to have no records. In January, the SFPD acquired a $7,000 Century hexacopter and video rig for its bomb squad via a … [Read more...] about San Jose Police Buy a Drone
Royal Canadian Mounted Police to Use Drones in Accident Reconstruction
reports that Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) have expanded their force with the addition of five Draganflyer X4-P drones. The drones will help with with collision reconstruction, search and rescue, major crimes and officer safety. The drones each cost around $30,000 (Canadian Dollars). The RCMP have already put a drone to work in providing aerial photos of car accident … [Read more...] about Royal Canadian Mounted Police to Use Drones in Accident Reconstruction
UAV Symposium Draws Crowd
from innovationews.com Unmanned drone aircraft are promising to radically change the future in many ways, and one major avenue of that change will likely be in the field of public safety. On Thursday, nearly 100 law enforcement, fire and emergency service workers learned about drone benefits and challenges on the near horizon during a public safety symposium on small … [Read more...] about UAV Symposium Draws Crowd
