Police trial unmanned aerial system
Sussex Police are conducting a trial that could eventually lead to quadcoptor unmanned aerial systems (UAS) being used to assist with policing.
Funded by the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), the trial of the Aeryon Skyranger system is being conducted at and around Gatwick Airport to give police officers an aerial perspective on dealing with potential incidents.
In use, the system will be able to beam live imagery to officers on the ground, allowing them quickly assess locations and film incidents from above.
’We’ve been using the system since March 3rd when the project went live and we’ve been flying it at a number of locations around the aims of the project,’ Sgt Simon Luck, Gatwick Police Station, told The Engineer.
He stressed that the UAS is not intended to replace police helicopters.
He said: ‘These systems offer a lot of opportunities in support of general policing therefore, as…technology improves and costs are brought back down, its important that we look at alternative options in terms of what they can bring to our everyday policing operations.’
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