A drone saved his life by spotting the driver who accidentally crashed on a deserted road near London with a thermal imaging camera.
As drone technology continues to evolve, more and more law enforcement agencies are using these small flying machines in their daily work. In the past few months, we learned that a drone in Australia rescued two of his lives during a test flight. Now another drone saved the life of a wounded in another country,
The local police decided to use a drone to follow the man on the news that he was a man near a car that was turned upside down on a deserted road about 200 kilometers north of London. The weather was very cold and the cops knew that if they did not find the man as soon as possible, they could lose their lives because of the hypothermia. A group of police officers traveled around the area, while the drone flew over the accident site and tried to locate the vehicle owner through a thermal imaging camera.
Shortly thereafter, the drone spotted the driver in a pit 160 meters away from the vehicle and reported the exact location to the authorities. When he was present, the man, who was not in the knowing position and whose temperature was below 35 degrees Celsius, could have lost his life without a research team supported by drone and thermal imaging camera.
The UK police are increasingly using drone on duty. Another police department in the south of the country was the first department to form a 24-hour drone unit at its 2017 initiative. The equipment currently used has DJI Inspire drones with powerful thermal images and zoom cameras. DJI company's Mavic drones are also used. These devices are used for a variety of purposes, such as searching for missing persons, taking photos in places where crime and massive traffic accidents take place, and joining forests and coastal calls to combat wildlife crime.
Used in other countries
France's south-wing law enforcement officers use dangerous drone drivers to detect dangerous drivers, while Japanese police officers are waiting for drone crews to catch alien drone crews that can enter banned airfields. In the United States, approximately 350 law enforcement agencies, including the police and the fire brigade, have included drone technology in their missions by 2017. Usage patterns include search and rescue, investigation of armed and suspicious persons, crime scene analysis and surveillance.