The UK’s Metropolitan Police Service is deploying UAS to London in a new trial hoping to provide police officers with a new intelligence gathering capability.

The United Kingdom’s Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) has unveiled their Drone as First Responder (DFR) program, which aims to deploy a UAS to arrive at the scene of an incident to increase the situational awareness of officers arriving at the location. Response times from deploying officers to 999 calls (UK’s equivalent of the US 911) averages around eight minutes for high priority incidents where there is a present danger to life, a serious threat of violence, serious injury, or serious property damage. Contents The UK’s Metropolitan Police Service is deploying UAS to London in a new trial hoping to provide police office

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