UPDATE – WOMAN FOUND: First mission for Barnstable Police drone… looking for suicidal female…
UPDATE – Friday, 8/5/2016 – 2:39PM – A police source informed HN that the woman has been found alive and has been transported to CCH for treatment.
COTUIT – Barnstable Police began searching for a suicidal female this afternoon at about 4:30PM.
The distraught 26-year-old female ran away from her concerned mother in the area of the CVS parking lot on Putnam Ave. Searchers learned the woman may have taken a dangerous quantity of pills…
Police were focusing on a large wooded area south of CVS and all around the Eagle Pond area.
For Barnstable Police Detective Kevin Connolly, it was an opportunity to utilize a brand new specially designed police drone. The drone is a cost effective alternative to a police helicopter and can be deployed in dangerous weather conditions without putting pilots at risk.
The drone is equipped with a powerful rotating camera system which has thermal imaging capabilities (FLIR).
For Detective Connolly, the drone is a new cost effective tool which greatly enhances the Barnstable Police Department’s response capabilities during a wide range of applications.
The following video shows the BPD Drone in the middle of today’s mission. It shows it taking off and then landing when a state police helicopter moved into the immediate area to assist with the search.
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NOTE: At the time of report, 8:30PM, the search is active and ongoing. Additional resources, including four K-9 teams are on scene assisting…
UPDATE: At 11:30PM, 8/4/2016, the search is reportedly ongoing, according to a source…
8/3/2016
Robert Bastille,
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