The Welsh coppers at the sticks have really hit the, er, air soaring. The recently formed North Wales Police drone unit has racked up a series of successful operations that has earned them plaudits from the region’s top law enforcement official as “high-flying heroes.”
Though only launched in April, the North Wales Police drone unit has already intervened to resolve three search and rescue cases that authorities believe might have otherwise resulted in loss of life. The team was also credited with flying critical support missions that helped firefighters contain a massive mountain blaze in June. After being briefed on those and other aerial missions by the squad, North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Andy Dunbobbin hailed its members as “high-flying heroes,” and pledged to expand their numbers and range of activity.
Dunbobbin is reputed be an unabashed geek whose interest in tech sharpens further when studying its application to law enforcement…
