Drones are aerial, technologically advanced vehicles that have high definition, live feed video cameras, thermal infrared video cameras, heat sensors, and radar. Drones can also record videos and snap pictures in daylight and at nighttime. Certain drones also have other advanced technologies; these can include face recognition, GPS, and much more. Drones are typically somewhat hard to spot because of there smaller size, but they can come in many different sizes. Law enforcement has begun to use drones regularly. The police force uses drones for surveillance, crime investigation, search/rescue operations, etc.

Drones dispatched from the field could be part of law enforcement’s future. Still, before this even becomes the next step, more and more law enforcement agencies need to deploy unnamed aerial vehicles regularly. For law enforcement to reach this goal, departments are going to have to get used to the idea of utilizing technologies like drones and be willing to try trial and error before actually implementing them. If efforts like this are made, fire stations, government agencies, etc. could use this amazing drone technology.

A benefit to keep in mind with drones helping law enforcement is the fact that drones for public safety cost a fraction of what a helicopter would require. Especially because the helicopter would be manned, unlike a drone. This could be swapped for any responsibility a helicopter takes on; an active chase, armed hostage situations, etc. As long as tools like this are used responsibly and tactfully, it could really help benefit enforcement. Using a drone to go to places that may be dangerous for humans to go is a huge benefit that this could serve; large fires is a great example of the perfect time to use a drone to find the source, make sure people are okay, make sure the premises is cleared, etc.

Drones, though, are involved in the policing versus privacy issue that many people argue over. The argument against police having drones is that there is a concern about how drones can pull information on private details of people’s daily lives.

Overall I find this to be a very interesting debate, whether we as citizens feel more or less comfortable with technology like this in law enforcement hands. What do you think about this topic?

Sources:

https://www.powerdms.com/blog/law-enforcement-drone-policy/

https://people.howstuffworks.com/can-police-use-drones.htm

“NTT is a global technology and business solution provider who help clients accelerate growth and innovate new digital business models of the future.”

According to NTT, the city of Las Vegas will accelerate the Smart Cities Project. The Smart City Project is a way to help cities with many things. Some of these factors being: traffic congestion, real-time alerts of safety conditions, and alerts of maintenance issues to improve public safety. According to NTT, The city’s Smart Park Initiative is also designed to increase public safety while providing awareness of activity to generate “usage and operations benchmarks that allow leadership to make more informed decisions.” Now, high definition visual and audio sensors will now be deployed at multiple locations across the city, which will enable an automated system to notify law enforcement and maintenance personnel of safety hazards, such as large crowds, gunshots, vandalism, etc.

The Smart data platform is a very secure, distributed platform that captures data using sensors and micro data centers in the designated areas of the city through video and sound. Something I found interesting about this program is that they also integrate historical data sources such as crime, weather, and social media. By using analytics like machine learning technologies, the system can gain knowledge on patterns and can soon detect and alert authorities of patterns out of the normal.

NTT’s innovative Cognitive Foundation enables remote creation, management, and operation of information and communications from devices and networks to the cloud. Is this something you would feel comfortable with knowing it was in your city? Would you feel safer? Less safe?

Sources:

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200513005261/en/City-Las-Vegas-Accelerate-Smart-Cities-Project

https://statetechmagazine.com/article/2020/06/las-vegas-expands-smart-city-project-ntt

“NTT is a global technology and business solution provider who help clients accelerate growth and innovate new digital business models of the future.”

According to NTT, the city of Las Vegas will accelerate the Smart Cities Project. The Smart City Project is a way to help cities with many things. Some of these factors being: traffic congestion, real-time alerts of safety conditions, and alerts of maintenance issues to improve public safety. According to NTT, The city’s Smart Park Initiative is also designed to increase public safety while providing awareness of activity to generate “usage and operations benchmarks that allow leadership to make more informed decisions.” Now, high definition visual and audio sensors will now be deployed at multiple locations across the city, which will enable an automated system to notify law enforcement and maintenance personnel of safety hazards, such as large crowds, gunshots, vandalism, etc.

The Smart data platform is a very secure, distributed platform that captures data using sensors and micro data centers in the designated areas of the city through video and sound. Something I found interesting about this program is that they also integrate historical data sources such as crime, weather, and social media. By using analytics like machine learning technologies, the system can gain knowledge on patterns and can soon detect and alert authorities of patterns out of the normal.

NTT’s innovative Cognitive Foundation enables remote creation, management, and operation of information and communications from devices and networks to the cloud. Is this something you would feel comfortable with knowing it was in your city? Would you feel safer? Less safe?

Sources:

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200513005261/en/City-Las-Vegas-Accelerate-Smart-Cities-Project

https://statetechmagazine.com/article/2020/06/las-vegas-expands-smart-city-project-ntt

Drones are aerial, technologically advanced vehicles that have high definition, live feed video cameras, thermal infrared video cameras, heat sensors, and radar. Drones can also record videos and snap pictures in daylight and at nighttime. Certain drones also have other advanced technologies; these can include face recognition, GPS, and much more. Drones are typically somewhat hard to spot because of there smaller size, but they can come in many different sizes. Law enforcement has begun to use drones regularly. The police force uses drones for surveillance, crime investigation, search/rescue operations, etc.

Drones dispatched from the field could be part of law enforcement’s future. Still, before this even becomes the next step, more and more law enforcement agencies need to deploy unnamed aerial vehicles regularly. For law enforcement to reach this goal, departments are going to have to get used to the idea of utilizing technologies like drones and be willing to try trial and error before actually implementing them. If efforts like this are made, fire stations, government agencies, etc. could use this amazing drone technology.

A benefit to keep in mind with drones helping law enforcement is the fact that drones for public safety cost a fraction of what a helicopter would require. Especially because the helicopter would be manned, unlike a drone. This could be swapped for any responsibility a helicopter takes on; an active chase, armed hostage situations, etc. As long as tools like this are used responsibly and tactfully, it could really help benefit enforcement. Using a drone to go to places that may be dangerous for humans to go is a huge benefit that this could serve; large fires is a great example of the perfect time to use a drone to find the source, make sure people are okay, make sure the premises is cleared, etc.

Drones, though, are involved in the policing versus privacy issue that many people argue over. The argument against police having drones is that there is a concern about how drones can pull information on private details of peoples daily lives.

Overall I find this to be a very interesting debate, whether we as citizens feel more or less comfortable with technology like this in law enforcement hands. What do you think about this topic?

Sources:

https://www.powerdms.com/blog/law-enforcement-drone-policy/

https://people.howstuffworks.com/can-police-use-drones.htm