The Camden County Sheriff’s Department now has eyes from the skies, thanks to the donation of a DJ1 Phantom 3 Advanced GPS Drone.
The drone was donated to the sheriff’s department by the Camdenton Lions Club, with the goal of helping the sheriff’s office in missing persons searches, crowd control, major events, and documenting crime scenes.
The Phantom 3 has a 2.7k camera which provides 1080P video or 12 megapixel photographs. It has a flight time of more than twenty minutes on one battery and a flight range of approximately 2000 meters (1.24 miles).
The sheriff’s office has been in touch with the Federal Aviation Administration about registration requirements and after some training and familiarization hope to have the drone active in time for the summer season.
Sheriff Dwight Franklin said of the donation, “We depend on generous donations from community organizations, like the Lions Club, to help us meet our goals and to be a progressive law enforcement agency.”
