VPD purchases three drones for investigations
Wendy
Vancouver police have bought their first drone equipped with a camera to analyse crime and cyber incidents, as well as search and rescue, despite concerns about their use to spy on citizens.
The VPD prepared a 13 – page “privacy impact assessment” with input fro, B.C.’s privacy commissioner and the B.C Civil Liberties Association to ensure the operation of the drones doesn’t invade citizen’s privacy, said Vancouver police Supt.
The drones for the better to found the dangerous people, drones will primaril be used in crashes where they provide “unique points of view” for investigation and reconstruction, he said.