Scottsdale Police shared drone footage of an elderly man with dementia being rescued and detailed the importance the technology serves in the department.
Police shared drone footage of an elderly man with dementia being rescued and detailed the importance the technology serves in the department.
It all started when a request was sent out for a helicopter to do an air search for the missing man, but no chopper was available from any of the Valley departments."It’s invaluable. For something like this, it was really the difference because where he was located was nowhere where people would normally be walking," said Scottsdale Police Officer and drone operator Greg Now.
On June 12, the man was reported missing by his family north of Pima and Cave Creek roads. Scottsdale PD launched one of their drones with infrared capabilities to find him. "This particular community is a golf community. A golf course is heavily watered, so it’s nice and cool at night. So here, signatures are a little easier. Unfortunately, he wasn’t on the golf course itself. He was off in the desert," Now said.The drones are relatively new to the Scottsdale Police Department but have already proved useful in this search for a missing person, and other criminal investigations including a barricade situation in the last few months.
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