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Law enforcement drones are sweeping across America, helping local police catch fleeing criminal suspects and rescuing lost and missing persons. Occasionally, their high-powered video cameras even catch a perpetrator red-handed. It happened last week in Beverly Hills, California, when a BHPD police drone, responding to a house alarm, caught a burglar climbing from the... Read More
In July 2016, one of the first drones flying commercially in the United States carried a box of Slurpees, snacks and a chicken sandwich from a 7-11 convenience store in Nevada to a nearby customer’s back garden. The drone carrier, then known as Flirtey, envisioned a booming business future for itself and for the... Read More
DJI remains the world’s number one drone brand – and for good reason. The China-based company still makes the most technologically sophisticated UAVs, with applications across a wide range of commercial niches, from precision agriculture to fire-fighting. But some companies are beginning to encroach upon DJI’s historic dominance of the camera drone market. One example... Read More
New Jersey, with its dense population centers and busy international airports, would seem like an inauspicious site for a burgeoning drone industry. But, in fact, the Garden State is a national trend-setter, ranking #10 on the Virginia-based Mercatus Center’s 2023 scorecard of America’s most “drone-ready” state jurisdictions. New Jersey scored 58 out of a possible... Read More
Tennessee isn’t known for aggressively promoting the development of a domestic drone industry. It ranks 29th on the Mercatus Center’s annual ranking of states and their “readiness” to accommodate business drone fliers and hobbyists. But in one area – law enforcement – interest in drones in Tennessee has been rising rapidly. In fact, Nashville’s Police... Read More
Memorial Day is still months away, but it’s not too early to think about how to keep summer swimmers safe from drowning. The number of those drownings is on the rise, officials in localities up and down the East Coast say. One reason? Persistent shortages of trained lifeguards, especially during the early and late summer... Read More
New York City isn’t the only locale in the Empire State that is turning to unmanned aerial vehicles to enhance its law enforcement operations. A hundred and seventy miles north, in the small town of Schenectady, NY (pop. 67,000), the local police department has just won approval from the town council to launch one of... Read More
What’s the best camera drone currently on the market? Consumer Tested Reviews (CTR) has sampled dozens, and based on their affordability, ease of use, durability and portability, 5 in particular are stand-outs. They’re all modestly priced and can allow even inexperienced drone fliers to begin shooting short but dazzling professional quality videos of local events... Read More
Brazil is the world’s latest country to turn to UAVs to launch a series of high-profile reforestation initiatives. Drones can assist these efforts by conducting aerial surveys to identify devastated regions and then following up with precision spraying of seeds and fertilizer to stimulate new tree growth. Drones are especially useful for seeding remote mountainous... Read More
The Brookhaven, Georgia police department (BPD) launched its Drone as First Responder (DFR) program in October 2020 and began scaling it in 2021. The innovative program, one of the first of its kind outside California, allows the department to dispatch UAVs to potential crime scenes in response to 911 calls. The drones hover overhead, providing... Read More