Draganfly Innovations will be participating in the 2011 Annual Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police conference. This years event takes place in Windsor, Ontario and will feature speakers from police services across Canada. The conferences theme is “Strategic Partnerships for Effective Policing: Making the Right Connections for the Right Reasons”, and will focus on how Canadian police must be armed with the knowledge and training in order to maintain the level of professionalism demanded by the Canadian public.
We will have booth #600 set up for the duration of the event and will have Draganflyer X6 and X8 UAV helicopters on display. We will not be able to fly the helicopters at the event due to space limitations; however both helicopters there will be fully functional and we invite you to ask the Draganfly Innovations representative that will be present any questions.
For more information about the CACP 2011 conference you can visit their website. More information about the Draganflyer X6 and Draganflyer X8 UAV helicopters is available on our website.
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At the scene of an early May homicide in Regina, Saskatchewan, police used the Draganflyer X6 UAV helicopter to obtain aerial pictures and video of the crime scene. As onlookers watched the Draganflyer X6 fly, Regina police department officers were using it to preserve the crime scene in digital form, ensuring that important details were kept as evidence for use in their investigation.
This is exactly the kind of work that the Draganflyer UAV RC helicopters were designed to do. Using multiple rotors and an advanced flight computer, Draganflyer helicopters automate most of the tasks that pilots would usually have to perform. This frees users to focus on getting the aerial pictures and video that they need for their application and also greatly reduces the amount of training required to use the helicopter.
Draganflyer UAV helicopters use brushless electric motors to lift camera payloads weighing up to one kilogram. Custom designed lithium polymer batteries allow for flight times of up to 20 minutes which permits police, government and private industries to get outstanding aerial pictures with a minimum amount of downtime.
You can read the original leaderpost.com article and learn more about our UAV RC helicopters on our website.
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ARAS 360 is a software platform for 3D accident reconstruction. At a June 20th police training class in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, participants combined the ARAS 360 system with aerial images supplied by a Draganflyer X6 UAV helicopter to produce a full color, photo realistic reconstruction of a test area. Sgt. Dave Domoney and his team flew the Draganflyer X6 helicopter over the area while other members of the Saskatoon Police Services were using a Sokkia Total Station (part of the ARAS 360 package) to obtain terrain data points.
Twenty minutes later, the data was ready to be integrated using the ARAS 360 software. The high resolution aerial images obtained using the Draganflyer X6 UAV and its onboard 10 mega pixel camera were aligned with the terrain points obtained with the Sokkia Total Station and then processed, producing a 3D terrain model.
After being processed, the terrain model can be used by police to reconstruct traffic accidents in full 3D with photo realistic texturing. This technology is useful for law enforcement officers because it allows viewers to see a reconstruction of a traffic accident or other incident from any angle or position as if they were there at the time . The physics engine that the ARAS 360 package uses is capable of producing an accurate reconstruction of an accident and coupled with the aerial photos Draganflyer UAV helicopters provide, makes a powerful system for use by law enforcement officials.
More information about the Draganflyer UAV helicopters and applications to law enforcement is available on our website. Information about the ARAS 360 system is also available.
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Mesa County Sheriff, Colorado receives FAA approval to operate the Draganflyer X6 Helicopter County Wide
Mesa County Sheriff is the first Public Safety Agency to receive an FAA Certificate of Authorization (COA) to operate the Draganflyer X6 helicopter for law enforcement use over a 3,300 square mile area.
This is a significant development because in the past when there was a need to use the Draganflyer X6 helicopter, the Sheriff’s office was required to contact the FAA and request an Emergency COA (eCOA) for the incident at hand. This was time consuming for both the Sheriff and the FAA but even more so, it lead to critical delays in deploying the aircraft.
With this new County Wide approval, the Sheriff’s office is no longer required to contact the FAA each time the aircraft is deployed for use. And this type of approval didn’t come easy. The county wide approval comes after a year or more of in-depth aircraft flight experience, safety practices, program development, use by the agency and the proven solid commitment by the Sheriff’s office to adhere to the FAA practices and policies.
Draganfly is very proud to be one of the first, small unmanned helicopters to receive FAA approval for this use over such a wide area and even more proud of the work, dedication, professionalism and accomplishments of the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office.
Read more:
Official Colorado News Article
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