criminals and drones

NYPD Uses Drones To Curb Dangerous Subway Surfing

Posted By Kemberley Richardson,

05/08/2024

NYPD to use drones to deter teens from subway surfing. Ever heard of subway surfing? It’s exactly what it sounds like. Teenagers are climbing on top of elevated subway cars and riding—or...

How Criminal Use of Drones – and Counter Drone Technology – is Evolving

Posted By Miriam McNabb,

29/08/2023

As the commercial drone industry scales up, so does the need for security solutions. The counter drone industry goes hand in hand with commercial UAS, enabling legitimate commercial use by...

International Relations, Drug Trafficking, and Murder: Don’t Blame Drones for Crime (Opinion)

Posted By MIRIAM McNabb editor in chief ,

27/07/2021

(A DRONELIFE Editorial.) A recent headline from the Brookings Institute is a stunning example of the drone industry’s public perception problem. Death from above: How criminal...