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Worcester police say drones were used nine times in quarter for recruitment, investigations and safety
Summary
Deputy Chief Davenport told the Public Safety Subcommittee the department used its small unmanned aircraft system nine times during the quarter for recruitment videos, community events, crash documentation, overwatch for search warrants, evidence searches and a brush fire response. The subcommittee accepted and filed the quarterly report.
Deputy Chief Davenport of the Worcester Police Department told the City Council Public Safety Subcommittee that the department's small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS, commonly described as drones) was deployed nine times during the most recent quarter for a mix of community outreach, training and investigative support.
"We were tasked with, providing a quarterly report for the unmanned, also known as drone, equipment that we use. So we had 9 incidents where we used the drone," Davenport said in his presentation on Communication 4A. He described uses that included filming recruitment videos, providing community policing demonstrations at a charity baseball game, overhead photography of a motor‑vehicle crash on Clover Street, participation in search‑and‑rescue…
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