Fire and Rescue Services and Police: Unmanned Air Vehicles
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Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department made of the use of drones by the Police and Fire Services of the effectiveness of those services in relation to (a) difficult to reach areas, (b) incidents involving a danger to life and limb and (c) public disorder events.
This question was answered on 26th October 2018
Decisions to use drones and in which circumstances are operational matters for the Police and Fire and Rescue services.
The National Police Chief’s Council is undertaking a review of Police Air Support which is considering how drones should be used alongside manned aircraft.