Public Safety Flight Public Safety Drone Info for Police, Fire, and EMS UAS and UAV ops 
Here is a question I get on a regular basis. Question: How far can we fly our drone at the incident scenes and how far beyond the line of sight can we go? Answer: You would think there would be a simple answer to this question. There actually is but …
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Stop Way Over Paying for Drones Not Proven Safe
None of the drones being sold today have passed any sort of FAA safety test and proven themselves to be safe to fly. They are not even built to approved aeronautical standards. So we do we continue to spend so much money on these drones? What if Your Drone Was …
Read More »Our DJI Drone is Officially a Brick. Can’t Giveaway And I Won’t Fly It
Drone and Manned Aircraft Collisions on the Rise
What the FAA Expects to Maintain a Public Aircraft Drone Operation
Remote ID Collection is Happening and Automated Enforcement Will Follow
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Straight Talk: I Don’t Understand the NIST Course Excitement
In the public safety drone space, I’ve watched people get excited about or host a drone performance test based on the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and I think that is misplaced energy. NIST and others promote the course, leading to a testing threshold that can lead to …
Read More » Confusion and Bad Assumptions Prevail With VLOS
Recharging Drone Batteries Burns Fire Department to the Ground
Here is What the FAA is Saying Behind the Curtain
Drone Corps – I Don’t Get It
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Police Drone Strikes Airplane Causing Major Damage
On August 10, 2021, near Markham in Ontario, Canada, a police drone was involved in an operation or investigation near the Buttonville Airport. Transportation officials stated the drone was flying in controlled airspace without authorization when the drone struck the Cessna 172 with two pilots aboard. One pilot was a …
Read More » You Better Get Used to Airworthiness Requirements
FTC Pass Policy to Make it Easier to Repair Drones
Don’t Blindly Fall for Made in USA Drone Marketing Fraud
Is Your Parrot Anafi Part of the Bad Batch?
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You Don’t Want to Have to Type This Letter to the Chief From a UAS Flight
Brandon Karr is from Pearland, Texas, and is currently the Chief Pilot, UAS Program Coordinator, and night shift patrolman for the Pearland Police Department. And I thought I had a full plate. Brandon is another guest that has a different perspective on public safety drone operations because he has been …
Read More » Podcast – FDNY Fred Carlson Talks Drones and Lessons Learned
Tom Madigan – Law Enforcement UAS Program Expert – Podcast
The COA-Cast – Ask the FAA Podcast
Doug Bainton NYC EM and FDNY Pilot – Talking Aviation Integration
