I see a lot of "public safety" agencies adopting UAVs for doing law enforcement and fire scene uses. What I don't see a lot is using them for regular patrols and surveillance in a private security role.
I work for the Public Safety (security) department of a large hospital system. Our Officers not only conduct foot and vehicle patrols but many are also International Police Mountain Bike Association certified and conduct bike patrols of our properties and the nearby areas.
I was sent by my department to a class to help me get my Part 107. The Public Safety department purchased a Phantom 4 Pro Plus, the Falcon Edition from Drone World, which I use doing routine patrol flights over our properties looking for criminal activity, policy violations or safety issues. As far as we know, we were the first hospital security department in the US to incorporate UAVs into our operations.
We have used the Phantom, BRGH Air One, for public events and to promote our security and safety operations to staff and the public.
Videos like this were part of our public relations campaign,
I've seen a few rather amateur looking videos of security guards flying drones around construction sites and storage yards, mostly in Europe, and a couple of videos produced by G4S regarding using UAVs but nothing like we are doing and none being used in hospital settings.
Is what we are doing uncommon for security or is it just not getting a lot of press?
I work for the Public Safety (security) department of a large hospital system. Our Officers not only conduct foot and vehicle patrols but many are also International Police Mountain Bike Association certified and conduct bike patrols of our properties and the nearby areas.
I was sent by my department to a class to help me get my Part 107. The Public Safety department purchased a Phantom 4 Pro Plus, the Falcon Edition from Drone World, which I use doing routine patrol flights over our properties looking for criminal activity, policy violations or safety issues. As far as we know, we were the first hospital security department in the US to incorporate UAVs into our operations.
We have used the Phantom, BRGH Air One, for public events and to promote our security and safety operations to staff and the public.
Videos like this were part of our public relations campaign,
I've seen a few rather amateur looking videos of security guards flying drones around construction sites and storage yards, mostly in Europe, and a couple of videos produced by G4S regarding using UAVs but nothing like we are doing and none being used in hospital settings.
Is what we are doing uncommon for security or is it just not getting a lot of press?