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Ottawa police now have their first two drones in operation, and you can see them Monday morning as part of Police Week.
These are not crime-busting drones, says Staff Sgt. François D’Aoust. Their job is more related to public safety.
It's a bird! It's a plane!.. no.. it's the @OttawaPolice newest tool to increase public safety…an unmanned aerial system..(UAS). Come see it on display May 14th st 11am during the #PoliceWeek2018 'launch' 474 Elgin St pic.twitter.com/vzIWMnaAfd
— F DAoust (@OPSDAoust) May 11, 2018
For example, there was a recent case in Perth County, west of Kitchener-Waterloo, in which police were searching for a woman with dementia in a rural area.
The woman had become lost in a cornfield — a difficult place to search on foot because corn grows so high that a person can see only a metre or two.
But the drone was able to look down and spot her, registering her body warmth against the cooler ground.
Ottawa also has large areas with difficult access where a person could become lost, such as Green’s Creek and the Mer Bleue area, D’Aoust said.
“Using the UAV, we would be able to scan a large area with the thermal camera. Instead of sending officers through an entire forest area, we would be able to send up the UAV and scan the area.”
There are two major roles for the drones:
• Investigating a major traffic accident. Traditionally police close down roads, sometimes for hours, to gather information after a serious crash, measuring angles and distances, and taking photos in all directions.
That kind of mapping can be done a lot faster with a drone overhead. It saves hours of work for police and allows them to get traffic moving again.
It can also be used to map a crime scene.
• Searching for missing persons. That may also include an armed person on the run.
“Perhaps an armed individual is in a forest area or a field, and instead of sending officers out blindly looking for this individual we could send the UAV up” and track him, D’Aoust said.
There are strict rules about what not to look at.
Transport Canada has rules for the operation of all drones, including privately owned ones, but police also have rules involving the gathering of evidence.
The short version: They can’t spy on people in situations where those people have “a reasonable expectation of privacy” — for instance in homes, private offices and similar settings.
If the drone is to be used to gather evidence in that kind of setting, the police have to obtain a search warrant to capture any images or video. The only exception would be if there’s an emergency — for instance, trying to find a vulnerable missing person — and they are searching around a neighbourhood.
The drones are DJI Matrice machines, a model 210 and a 210 RTK. They will be on display Monday at 11 a.m. at the downtown police station.
Come say 'hi' on May 14th, 11am at 474 Elgin St for the launch of #Policeweek2018 at @OttawaPolice . Our new UAV will be on display. #ottnews pic.twitter.com/LVmBHjTuqI
— F DAoust (@OPSDAoust) May 10, 2018
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These are not crime-busting drones, says Staff Sgt. François D’Aoust. Their job is more related to public safety.
It's a bird! It's a plane!.. no.. it's the @OttawaPolice newest tool to increase public safety…an unmanned aerial system..(UAS). Come see it on display May 14th st 11am during the #PoliceWeek2018 'launch' 474 Elgin St pic.twitter.com/vzIWMnaAfd
— F DAoust (@OPSDAoust) May 11, 2018
For example, there was a recent case in Perth County, west of Kitchener-Waterloo, in which police were searching for a woman with dementia in a rural area.
The woman had become lost in a cornfield — a difficult place to search on foot because corn grows so high that a person can see only a metre or two.
But the drone was able to look down and spot her, registering her body warmth against the cooler ground.
Ottawa also has large areas with difficult access where a person could become lost, such as Green’s Creek and the Mer Bleue area, D’Aoust said.
“Using the UAV, we would be able to scan a large area with the thermal camera. Instead of sending officers through an entire forest area, we would be able to send up the UAV and scan the area.”
There are two major roles for the drones:
• Investigating a major traffic accident. Traditionally police close down roads, sometimes for hours, to gather information after a serious crash, measuring angles and distances, and taking photos in all directions.
That kind of mapping can be done a lot faster with a drone overhead. It saves hours of work for police and allows them to get traffic moving again.
It can also be used to map a crime scene.
• Searching for missing persons. That may also include an armed person on the run.
“Perhaps an armed individual is in a forest area or a field, and instead of sending officers out blindly looking for this individual we could send the UAV up” and track him, D’Aoust said.
There are strict rules about what not to look at.
Transport Canada has rules for the operation of all drones, including privately owned ones, but police also have rules involving the gathering of evidence.
The short version: They can’t spy on people in situations where those people have “a reasonable expectation of privacy” — for instance in homes, private offices and similar settings.
If the drone is to be used to gather evidence in that kind of setting, the police have to obtain a search warrant to capture any images or video. The only exception would be if there’s an emergency — for instance, trying to find a vulnerable missing person — and they are searching around a neighbourhood.
The drones are DJI Matrice machines, a model 210 and a 210 RTK. They will be on display Monday at 11 a.m. at the downtown police station.
Come say 'hi' on May 14th, 11am at 474 Elgin St for the launch of #Policeweek2018 at @OttawaPolice . Our new UAV will be on display. #ottnews pic.twitter.com/LVmBHjTuqI
— F DAoust (@OPSDAoust) May 10, 2018
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