LAS VEGAS NV Aug 31 2018 – The Nevada Highway Patrol is highlighting new technology that can help keep valley drivers safe and ease traffic. The technology is embodied in a drone created by Sundance Media Group. “Absolutely, focused on the general safety of the general public, yes, local law enforcement scopes out the newest drone […]
ATLANTA GA, July 13, 2018 Small unmanned aerial vehicles, colloquially known as drones, are being adopted by more public safety agencies around the world than ever before; and the number of lives they’re saving is climbing dramatically. On one recent day, four people were saved by drones, in three separate incidents around the world. Drone manufacturer […]
ST LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. July 12 2018 Authorities planning the security detail for the PGA Championship announced on Tuesday that they plan on using some additional technology to keep everyone safe. Besides the various layers of physical security and law enforcement they you may or may not see, this year there’ll be an eye in […]
Bingen WA June 11 2018 Insitu has won a contract worth up to $117 million to help the U.S. Coast Guard watch the seas. The Bingen, Wash.,-based drone maker will help the Coast Guard outfit its patrol vessels with unmanned aircraft systems, installing about two per year for up to eight years. The deal, announced […]
Louisville, Ky. Feb 21 2018 Louisville is vying to become probably the first city in the country to use autonomous drones to respond to the sound of gunfire. The city has applied for a special program the Federal Aviation Administration is running, where it will give a handful of cities temporary permission to get around long-standing […]
Stafford County VA Feb 13 2018 — Burdened by mounting health, job and family troubles, a Florida woman took to the road and headed north from her Cocoa Beach home, police say. By the time she hit Stafford County on Interstate 95 in Virginia, she was down to her last $14 and had reached her […]
Albany NY Jan 15 2018 The New York State Police will soon deploy drones to help in crime control, surveillance and to reconstruct serious motor vehicle accidents. The drones will be used to document and help reconstruct serious motor vehicle crashes. Thanks to Governor Cuomo, the drones will soon be added to the arsenal of […]
New Jersey Jan 5 2018 – U.S. drone sales in 2017 topped $1 billion for the first time ever, but don’t raise a glass too quickly if you are in New Jersey, where lawmakers are poised to outlaw drunken droning next week. It is one of a wave of U.S. states moving to bring the unmanned […]
Troy NC Sept 3 2017 A North Carolina college is offering a bird’s-eye view to enhanced public-safety innovation with the opening of a drone academy this fall. Located 50 miles south of Greensboro, Montgomery Community College will launch the NC Public Safety Drone Academy to prepare regional emergency service members and first responders with the needed […]
Chesapeake VA Aug 26 2017 Imagine a fleet of drones scouring rural areas or cities to help find a missing child. That’s what Tom Walker of Chesapeake-based DART Ventures envisioned when he bought a drone last October. “I took it out and flew it for about a week or two and got bored. And I […]