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Sheriff’s office to add Bluetooth-capable UAS after state grant approval
Summary
Grand County accepted a $14,896 state grant to buy a thermal/infrared drone and a Bluetooth-detection module to assist search-and-rescue; sheriff’s lieutenant emphasized civil-rights protections and said range is terrain-dependent, up to about 600 meters in ideal conditions.
The Grand County Sheriff's Office on Feb. 3 won county approval to accept a Colorado Bureau of Investigation grant of $14,896 to purchase an additional thermal/infrared drone and a new consumer-market Bluetooth-detection device that mounts to the UAS.
Lieutenant Aaron Trainor described the equipment as helping search teams locate missing people by detecting Bluetooth signals from phones,…
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