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Ala. college unveils UAV for campus surveillance

By Paul Gattis Al.com HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The University of Alabama in Huntsville today unveiled new drone-like technology designed to enhance campus safety that someday may be available to help protect ...

Seattle PD grounds drones after protests Comments

By Manuel Valdes Associated Press SEATTLE — Seattle's mayor on Thursday ordered the police department to abandon its plan to use drones after residents and privacy advocates protested. Mayor ...

New remote-control robot aids Ohio police Comments

By PoliceOne Staff AKRON, Ohio — Police unveiled a new remote-control robot Thursday that can be used to enter places that might prove unsafe for officers. The AVATAR Micro robot from RoboteX is ...

IACP 2012 video interview: The AeroVironment Qube Video

During IACP 2012 in San Diego, I was able to spend a little time with the folks from AeroVironment — the company that makes the Raven and Wasp Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UASs) for the United States ...

Baggage handler who stuffed drugs into plane wings is sentenced Comments

By Tom Hays Associated Press NEW YORK — The testimony at a federal drug trafficking trial was chilling: Jurors heard how bribed baggage handlers at John F. Kennedy International Airport concealed ...

Calif. farmer sets trap for metal thieves Comments

By Tracie Cone Associated Press DOS PALOS, Calif. — Cannon Michael is a folk hero across California's agriculture heartland, where these days the price of scrap metal influences a farmer's ...

Real-life RoboCop coming soon? Comments

A real-life RoboCop is being developed at FIU's Discovery Lab, aiming to help disabled police officers or veterans. ...

A third of public fears police use of drones Comments

San Angelo Standard-Times WASHINGTON — More than a third of Americans worry their privacy will suffer if drones like those used to spy on U.S. enemies overseas become the latest police tool for tracking ...

Video: Swarm of mini-choppers assists police in Japan Video

By PoliceOne Staff Mini choppers that assisted in an emergency drill conducted by Japanese police may find themselves a more permanent place on the force after the experiment's success. In a video ...

Chiefs: Police UAVs aren't Predator drones Comments

By Kevin Johnson USA TODAY WASHINGTON — The nation's largest consortium of police officials calls for the limited use of unmanned drones in local law enforcement operations and urges that the ...

Police chiefs issue rules for UAV flights Comments

Code of conduct aims to quell issues of privacy raised by concerned citizens ...

Eyes in the skies: Video cameras on police UAVs Expert Analysis

Any party — police or private entity — must first obtain a Certificate of Authorization (COA) from the FAA, and subsequently comply with a variety of FAA “regs” governing the use of UAVs. ...

Police cameras help reduce crime, stats suggest Comments

A year after more than 100 cameras were installed at a cost of $2.2 million, crime numbers have dropped in several categories in Columbus, Ohio ...

Fla. police unveil unmanned helicopter camera

Missing person searches, drug surveillance and dangerous rescues are just some of the ways officials think their new tiny aerial tools can be used. ...

Border Patrol to test surveillance balloons

Associated Press McALLEN, Texas — Something new soon will be floating in the skies above the Texas-Mexico border as federal authorities test balloon-like military surveillance devices to see if they ...

FAA chief won't stand in the way of unmanned aerial vehicles Comments

By Ben Wolfgang The Washington Times LAS VEGAS — For the Federal Aviation Administration, regulating the skies is about to get much more complicated. The FAA's acting administrator, Michael P. ...

Police, fire depts. testing drones for local use

Times Record News WASHINGTON — On a chaparral-covered hillside 40 miles north of Los Angeles in June 2010, researchers from the Department of Homeland Security hid a device the size of a pack of ...

NYPD to launch all-seeing system to track crime

By Kimberly Dozier The Associated Press ASPEN, Colo. — The New York Police Department will soon launch an all-seeing "Domain Awareness System" that combines several streams of information ...

Police step up fight to save force's helicopters

By Jason Evans South Wales Evening Post Welsh police chiefs have vowed to step up the fight over proposals to scrap force helicopters and replace them with a UK service. Under plans for the National Police ...

FidoCam captures K-9 point of view Video

By PoliceOne Staff Staffordshire Police's K-9 Unit is taking the lead in search technology. The team have acquired a new digital FidoCam — a camera unit which can be used by police dogs during ...