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Apr
2017
By Calvin at 08:29 GMT, 8 years ago
Recent developments in drone design and ‘very advanced batteries’ (VABs) have created the world’s first effective miniature police drone.
The size of a £2 coin and a flight time of up to 30 minutes mean that police will now be able to employ these devices to keep a live watch on any number of key active criminals - and they won't even be aware!.
Developed in Padstow, Cornwall by crowd-funded PolFly these tiny CCTV equipped drones are virtually impossible to see or hear when flying at their normal operational height of 60 metres (200 feet). The onboard 920p camera can transmit images up to 1 km away normally to a video equipped unmarked police vehicle parked on the side of a road. The incredible flight time of up to 30 minutes and a recharge time of just 50 minutes mean that three drones can be used in turn to provide twenty-four-hour monitoring of a suspect.
A police spokesman said: “Our specially equipped monitoring vehicles can operate up to fifty of these “polflies”, which means in practice that we can watch over a dozen or so suspects at any one time. These could be individual criminals or members of a gang. It doesn’t really matter, because once targeted there’s no getting away from them.”
When asked if these drones could simply fall out of the sky the police spokesman replied “Remember these devices are extremely small and very light with protected blades and so the most damage they might cause would be a little scratch, so don’t worry and we’re well insured! We can also find them very easily as they are fitted with beacons which can be picked up by our police personal radios.”
The drones are partially autonomous so that they find their own way to the suspect’s address or known location and signal the next drone to take over when battery levels are low. The first drone then flies back to the police monitoring vehicle where it self-lands into its charging port readying itself to take off again once instructed to do so by its partnering drone.
Excited police forces are queuing up with their orders and reckon this is going to change the whole face of policing.
Is this the real Big Brother? I’d love to hear from you!
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