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To-go order
January 15, 2025Ken Showers, Managing Editor
This week on Monitoring Matters, the threat of prison violence delivered hot and ready in 30 minutes or less, or else it’s free.
At least that’s the concern according to a pair of watchdogs keeping tabs on a pair of England high-security prisons. In a report by the BBC, Chief Inspector of Prisons Charlie Taylor told government officials that weapon smuggling using drones was now commonplace thanks to a lax airspace being maintained above the maximum-security facilities.
While the...
Drones fly into 2025: ‘A standard and critical threat vector’
January 13, 2025Ken Showers, Managing Editor
STERLING, Va. — As much a tool for security as disruption, drones rocketed into the public view at the end of 2024, and the experts at Dedrone have insights on the implications of that for the future.
Whether it was swarms of mysterious drones spotted over New Jersey, seen over U.S. Airforce bases in England, or witnessed near critical infrastructure, the threat of drones has become apparently clear. Worries of clandestine operations have even led federal officials to blacklist the...
DFR programs breaking new ground thanks to FAA waiver
October 23, 2024Ken Showers, Managing Editor
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Axon has announced that the Campbell Police Department in California received a groundbreaking waiver from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) operations as part of its Drone as First Responder (DFR) program.
Axon notes that this approval is the first of its kind to include nighttime operations and allows the Campbell Police Department to fly missions using Dedrone by Axon’s DedroneBeyond technology without...
Staying safe on the 4th of July, with drones
July 3, 2024Ken Showers, Managing Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine — Dedrone, a company that protects organizations from malicious drones through a customizable counter-drone solution, is highlighting the variety of security and safety issues for amateur and professional pilots this Fourth of July.
Many cities are opting for drone shows as a safer option than fireworks, which have been known to cause many safety issues ranging from injury, PTSD episodes, fires and explosive malfunctions. But even these newer and high-tech drone shows...