Police located a 12-year old boy who had gone missing
overnight - thanks to help from the force drone team’s ‘eyes in the sky’.
Officers began their search for the boy after he was
reported missing just after 8pm from the Oxton area of Nottinghamshire on
Saturday, April 4.
The force’s drone
team were deployed to help officers soon after, with the drone’s pilot helping
to direct officers to the boy who was found safe just over an hour later.
Video shows the drone hovering above when it picks out
the boy in the dark.
The drone team help fellow officers on the ground by
supporting everything from drug
warrants and river rescues to policing large-scale football
matches.
Nottinghamshire
Police’s Deputy Chief Constable, Rachel Barber, said: “In the
short time that the team have been in the sky, they have proved to be
invaluable in supporting officers on the ground and the drones are now a vital
part of operational policing in our county where it genuinely is making a
difference each and every day.
“This incident is yet another success story for the team
and, in this case, it has given us the edge in helping to locate someone who we
had genuine concerns for the safety of much sooner than had we been relying
solely on traditional search techniques.”
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