How Drones Are Used

Drones enhance public safety operations by giving responders faster access, wider visibility, and safer perspectives across a range of missions.

Search & Rescue (SAR): Locate missing persons using thermal imaging, GPS grids, and real-time mapping over wide or remote areas.

Overwatch & Tactical Support: Provide live situational awareness for crowd control, incident response, and ERT operations.

Emergency Management: Rapidly map flood zones, wildfires, or structural collapses to prioritize response and resource deployment.

Traffic & Accident Scenes: Capture accurate aerial evidence, speed up roadway reopening, and create 3D reconstructions for investigation.

HAZMAT & Fire Response: Measure heat signatures, monitor plume dispersion, and assess unsafe zones without risking personnel.

How 3D Scanners Are Used

3D laser scanners deliver high-precision digital replicas that improve preparedness, documentation, and post-incident analysis.

Pre-Planning & Risk Assessment: Scan critical infrastructure, public venues, and industrial sites to build accurate digital twins for contingency planning with accurate floorplans.

Scene Documentation: Capture millimeter-accurate data for crime scenes, accidents, and fires to preserve geometry and spatial relationships.

Post-Incident Investigation: Laser Scan to reconstruct events for reporting, training, and courtroom presentation.

Traffic & Accident Scenes: Capture accurate aerial evidence, speed up roadway reopening, and create 3D reconstructions for investigation.

Training & Simulation: Use scanned environments for realistic scenario training and after-action reviews.

Environmental & Sensor Requirements

Reliable public safety data collection depends on matching sensor capability to mission conditions and environmental challenges.

Weather & Conditions: Choose platforms rated for wind, rain, temperature extremes, and low-visibility operations.

Sensor Payloads:

EO (RGB) for visual identification and evidence capture.
Thermal (IR) for SAR and fire support.
LiDAR for accurate mapping through smoke, vegetation, or darkness.

Data Integrity: Ensure timestamps, geo-references, and calibration logs meet evidentiary standards.

DJI Matrice 400

The DJI M400 delivers rugged reliability for frontline responders, combining long flight endurance with advanced obstacle avoidance and high-resolution imaging. It’s ideal for search and rescue, disaster assessment, and rapid situational awareness missions in challenging conditions.

DJI Matrice 4TD

The DJI Matrice 4T features a powerful multi-sensor payload with zoom, wide, thermal, and laser rangefinder capabilities in one integrated platform. Public safety teams use it for overwatch, night operations, and utalize onboard AI to complete security patrols.

Crime Scene Reconstruction - FARO Focus

The FARO Focus laser scanner captures precise 3D data for crime scenes, crash sites, and structural investigations. It preserves every millimeter of evidence for accurate documentation, analysis, and courtroom presentation.

Pre-Planning - FARO Orbis

The FARO Orbis provides rapid, mobile 3D capture for pre-incident planning and infrastructure documentation. It enables agencies to create detailed digital twins of critical sites, improving preparedness, training, and emergency response coordination.