Police Are Tackling Crime With Public Addresses Loaded Into Drones

 

While science brings so much innovation of high technologies worldwide over time, we could not deny the fact that crime rate is also subtly increasing in some areas of the world. But, now thanks to the fast development of the drones. Law enforcement is now adapting to the fast changes in the society when it comes to ensuring everyone’s safety and security, and they are now using a new scheme that will allow them to talk directly to criminals over a public address system – from the sky using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or what is commonly known as drone.

The ‘Spy-in-the-sky’ cameras allow officers to identify and address drug addicts and people boozing in public spaces.  Many americans first became aware of the Police Department’s use of unmanned vehicles last July.

According to the article published in Daily Herald, the deployment of the drones by law enforcement and municipalities had begun more than a decade ago when it was just an emerging technology with extremely limited use. According to a study released April 6 by Bard College’s Center for the Study of the Drone, more public agencies acquired drones in 2016 compared to the previous years combined, with at least 167 departments fielding the flying robots last year.

In the law enforcement scenarios, most of the drones are being flown for traffic management or crime-scene photography, and are also used for search and rescue, hazardous material spills, mass evacuations, and aerial viewing of fires or tracking fire personnel in dangerous settings, according to the study.