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cies in the U.S. that had purchased drones, Scoping natural disasters. www.AmericanSecurityToday.com June 2019 - Edition 34 599 were law enforcement agencies. • Whether dealing with flooding, wild fires, or the aftermath of tornadoes Tarrant sees law enforcement agen- or other events, drones can provide a cies using drones for a number of pur- bird’s-eye view of the terrain, to help po- poses, including: lice, search and rescue teams, and util- ity workers survey damage, search for Mapping traffic accidents. survivors, and better deploy resources. • Tarrant says an airborne drone can re- move hours from the traditional work of Monitoring public events. using tape measures to diagram out • Parades, festivals, marathon races, pro- the scene of a major accident. test marches, and other events that • Drones are so useful in this that they bring throngs of people into centralized are finding their ways into the trunks locations create situations where law of many state patrol cars as standard enforcement and other public organiza- equipment. tions may need to keep track of what is (Learn More. See how the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is at the forefront of safe drone integration into the National Airspace System (NAS).) 60

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