During the early hours of yesterday morning we took a call about a person believed to be in crisis. Our
@SkegnessPolice
#drone
launched & searched the coastline quickly locating them. Officers guided in & immediate safeguarding in place. Inc 003 20/06/24
The moment our
#thermal
#drone
found a hypothermic man in a 6’ deep ditch 160m from his crashed car in the pitch dark tonight. Casualty conveyed to hospital. Thanks to
@WoldsSgt
for the request that may well have saved his life.
High risk missing girl contacts police states she been raped & is still with the offender. Describes location thought to be huge old industrial complex surrounded by 8ft fence. Our
#thermal
#drone
makes the find in mins. Officers guided in. 1 in custody and child safeguarded.
WATCH: Officers guided in to a male located by thermal drone, unconscious, with a head injury, suffering from hypothermia in the middle of a field in pitch black freezing conditions after walking away from a collision near Crowland. Almost certainly a life saved.
#dronesforgood
We posted footage yesterday of the DUNHAM BRIDGE road closure, last night one driver thought they knew better. The water levels have NOT gone down. As you can see it is NOT passable. Thankfully occupants were safe.
@LincsPolice
@LincolnshireLRF
WATCH: Missing person found, soaking wet & cold tonight following an unsuccessful initial search by ground units in Swineshead. In this clip officers are being guided in. Second successful outcome in two days for PC Burdon. 👏👏
@BostonPoliceUK
#DronesForGood
#PolicingWithPride
We would like to say a massive thank you to
@NX611JustJane
for use of your superb venue this week, allowing us to carry out a training exercise. We couldn’t resist but capture a little footage of the
#Lancaster
taxi run.
#DroneSAR
#drones
Positive result! Last Friday, officers were able to locate a missing person in a wooded area of Lincolnshire in less than 5 minutes with help from our Drone Team and their thermal image drone - a piece of technology that is vital in modern day policing.
#dronesforgood
Another great result tonight finding 3 males who ran from an RTC & now in custody. Below vid shows an officer being guided in for the arrest! The supervising SGT said “Without the drone we would have never found them”.
#thermal
#police
#drone
#PolicingWithPride
#DronesForGood
Great support in
#Wainfleet
from the
@RoyalAirForce
bringing in bulk bags of sand. So many teams pulling together to assist the community in times of need.
Too good not to share, watch till the end. More from today of
@LincsCathedral
&
@LincolnCastle
. Fog surrounded the cathedral while our
@LincsPolice
#drone
flew in clear skies. (Line Of Sight, sped up & optical zoom used)
We just want to give a massive
@LincsPolice
thank you to Vanderbilt University Nashville, whose students designed and kindly shared the STL files allowing us to 3D print this goggles mount, for our ballistic helmet (trial)
@VanderbiltU
#dronesforgood
01.58 report of screams for help Brayford/Fossdyke Lincoln. 02.03 (5 mins later) drone and local patrols arrive on scene. Watch police pull the Male from the water. Male conveyed to hospital, no injuries.
@DJIGlobal
@lincspolice
#24hrthermal
#policingwithpride
Grateful for
@Butlins
Skegness for the use of their currently closed site for training. An excellent mock urban environment. Here an officer plays the part of a fleeing suspect for the operator to track. Aircraft is
@DJIGlobal
Mavic 2 zoom.
#PolicingWithPRIDE
#DronesForGood
WATCH the moment our
@LincsPolice
drone a finds missing person in a deep ditch near
#Spalding
. Following the sighting of a vehicle our
#drone
quickly located a heat source, which was our High Risk Missing Person. Lovely feedback from a very relieved family. Inc 367 30/04/23
The moment our drone found a high risk missing person near Sleaford who had got tangled in barbed wire and unable to free themself or call for help. Heat source located officers guided in. Great team work
@LincsPolice
@LincsPoliceK999
@LincsPoliceFCR
inc 450 16/03/23
Emergency services exemptions to the Air Navigation Order used last night to successfully find a high risk missing person in fields near
#Hykeham
. Our
#Lincoln
operator flying at a distance of 750m guided officers in.
#DronesForGood
#PolicingWithPRIDE
Congratulations to PC Monaghan who successfully located and tracked a wanted male hiding from police in a bush this morning. This was only his second operational
@LincsPolice
@lincsCOPter
deployment. That’s 2 great results from 2 deployments.
#righttoolsforthejob
#dronesforgood
Missing elderly vulnerable person located by air and ground units almost simultaneously in Grantham tonight. Great teamwork with
@GranthamPolice
bringing him home to safety.
#dronesforgood
Drone team officers in Skegness alerted to a drone user on South Parade car park today. Found sat in his car facing the opposite way to the drone flying with FPV goggles on. Arrested, interviewed and cautioned for breach of the Air Navigation Order.
#PolicingWithPRIDE
#DroneCode
Congratulations to PC Barratt on successfully completing his PfCO Training and passing his Flight Assessment. A vital much needed addition to the
@lincsCOPter
team allowing us to maintain our capability.
@LincsPolice
@RUSTA_trg
#dronesforgood
We are testing a LED spotlight on our
#drone
and the operational benefits are immense. When we detect a
#thermal
heat source we can use our daylight camera to evaluate, saving valuable
#police
resource and finding those in need of help, or offenders.
#tech
@DJIEnterprise
#m30
Multi agency deployment today at a factory fire in Grantham working with
@LincsFireRescue
@southkesteven
@EnvAgency
@lincspolice
colleagues. Thermal imaging and aerial views used to identify fire ‘hot spots’ and observe smoke plumes to ensure safe and effective working
Fantastic
@droneresponders
has recognized
@lincsCOPter
, a department with a small but very effective drone program. It has truly helped save lives and properties. Outstanding.
#UAVsForGood
Right place, right time. While on another task operators heard a crash and spotted this person fleeing from a traffic collision in Lincoln. Tracked into a building and officers directed. Person arrested for drink drive. Inc 24 11/05.
#DronesForGood
#PolicingWithPRIDE
Life saved thanks to our
@lincspolice
drone
#thermal
camera & determined Remote Pilot. Male left the scene of an RTC in
@lincolnshire
and was found some distance away injured in a remote field location. Inc55 05/02/23
We have been training at one of the most complex environments imaginable. As strange as it looks it presents so many challenges and allows us to train our
@LincsCOPter
#drone
officers to fly with precision.
@LincsPolice
After a burglary in Skegness last night a vehicle was stolen and rammed pursuing officers. It later crashed and the occupant ran off. Was located by thermal drone in total darkness trying to hide behind this tree trunk. Later chased and detained by
@LincsPoliceK999
#teamwork
WATCH Something different** Thank you to our supportive colleagues
@LincsFireRescue
🙏 We have been training on
#FPV
#drones
in various environments & locations, developing our
#skills
. We felt this was a little different & will share more operational footage soon.
@LincsPolice
It is with great sadness that we have learnt of the passing of HM the Queen.
Chief Constable Chris Haward said: “Our flags will fly at half-mast as a sign of respect to the Queen and we join in with the rest of the nation in mourning her. It has been an honour to serve her.”
A
#BBC
film crew with
@LincsCOPter
for a documentary,showing
#drone
capability & incidents where drones have played a key role in catching criminals & saving lives. We will keep you posted when it will be aired.
#dronesforgood
Our
@LincsPolice
#drone
operator quickly realised this heat source was the High Risk Missing Person we were searching for. Large area searched by drone, misper located, officers guided, safeguarding in place, officers released to attend incidents coming in.
@LincsPolice
#drones
For the first time since we began using drones in 2017 we have 3 thermal equipped drone call signs on duty at the same time, including
@drone_kev
@LincsSpecials
. Specially trained officers ready to respond in addition to their regular duties.
#DronesForGood
#PolicingWithPRIDE
Hard to believe it was 1 year ago today when our
@lincsCOPter
drone saved the life of an unconscious male in freezing conditions. Since that night we have seen so many more successes for the team keeping our communities safe with this cost effective technology.
@DJIEnterprise
The moment our
#thermal
#drone
found a hypothermic man in a 6’ deep ditch 160m from his crashed car in the pitch dark tonight. Casualty conveyed to hospital. Thanks to
@WoldsSgt
for the request that may well have saved his life.
Police Drone 1 - 0 suspected drink driver who abandoned his crashed vehicle in a ditch tonight near Witham St Hughs was found hiding in a nearby field in the pitch dark. Blew 93 and now in custody.
@lincspolice
#DronesForGood
#PolicingWithPride
This weekend has been one of the most demanding in our 5 years of operating
#drones
. Supporting
@LincsPolice
involving firearms incidents, numerous searches of land/water, serious collisions and so much more.
@FCR_Lincs
working so hard. TOP
#teamwork
Congratulations to
@LincsPolice
PC Windsor-Beck from our
@LincsRuralCrime
team. Chris scored 100% in his
#drone
theory exam & flew a perfect flight assessment, gaining highly regarded GOLD wings, during his
#GVC
course with
@RUSTA_trg
. Welcome to the
#team
Chris.
A very busy night, searching open countryside for various missing people in very cold conditions, saving officers huge amounts of time using our
#thermal
cameras. Nearly 3 flying hours clocked by one operator alone
#DronesForGood
#PolicingWithPRIDE
Concern for a missing person this evening and the need to rule out a structurally dangerous building in the pitch dark. Thought we would try the drone and its spotlight, Result we could see in perfectly. Personal located safe a short time later.
@LincsPolice
#dronesforgood
We aren’t always able to share what we do at the time. This incident involved Six continuous days of flying by
@LincsCOPter
Supporting multiple agencies with complex cordon security, EOD recovery monitoring & evidence gathering.
#dronesforgood
@LincsSpecials
#policingwithpride
Three people have received a jail term for dumping mustard gas bombs in a Lincolnshire lake. The threat sparked the largest multi-agency emergency response of its kind over 11 days. More here:
#PolicingwithPRIDE
@LincsRuralCrime
@EnvAgencyAnglia
Incident 174 3/1/24
Three more very damp hare coursers and a very cold wet dog arrested out in the Lincolnshire Fens on a very damp and miserable day
Chapel Hill and South Kyme were a little busy with Police attention yesterday
#OpGalileo
#notinourcounty
@LincsPolice
1/2
What you can’t tell about this thermal search footage from the coast on New Years Day is how heavy the rain is our new aircraft is flying in. Being able to lift in bad weather is game changing for our ability to support officers.
#DronesForGood
#PolicingWithPride
Name Me ? Today we are preparing a new
@LincsPolice
#drone
meaning lots of configuration and set up. It needs a name too, so drop your suggestion in the comments and we will pick one.
#dronesforgood
. It will work alongside Christiano Dronaldo, Issac, Sherlock Drone & Apollo.
Our first
@LincsPolice
#drone
flights were in a field. Who would have imagined 7 years later we would be stood in a toilet using a drone to search a confined space. Might look strange but the safety & time benefits are very real. How times change.
#righttoolsforthejob
Called to help
@nottspolice
in a search for a missing person overnight. Large rural and urban areas searched quickly and effectively with thermal camera. Person located safe and well by officers.
We’ve just assisted
@GainsboroughPol
searching for a vulnerable young person in Upton. Great work by colleagues on the ground in locating her, we then used our thermal cam and maps to direct other officers in to their location. Female is now safely back home
#policingwithPRIDE
Offender committed damage in Gainsborough last night. Chased in to gardens by officers. Containment. Drone. Found. One in custody and wanted on a Court warrant for burglary as well! This is what we live for.
Providing containment tonight after a wanted person ran from officers. Successfully found in a house by searching units. Our ability to deploy spontaneously with
@flir
#thermal
imaging around the clock is key to our effective use of this invaluable kit.
@LincsPoliceK999
Two males thought a
#lincoln
night club roof was an acceptable sleeping place at 05:30 this morning. Suitably woken by our 2000 lumen
#drone
spotlight and guided to safety by
@LincsFireRescue
&
@LincsPolice
just 1 of 8
#drone
deployments overnight. Inc 89 02/04/23
Today our operation has been audited by
@UK_CAA
and we are really pleased with the initial findings. This was an in depth probe into our policies and procedures which brought out some important learning to make us even safer and more effective.
#PolicingWithPride
#DronesForGood
Congratulations to
@LincsPolice
PC Burrows & PC Stevenson who both today passed their Flight Assessments. We have almost achieved our target of doubling from 10 to 20 fully trained and highly skilled Remote Pilots.
#dronesforgood
#policingwithpride
thankyou
@RUSTA_trg
*Major Fire* Challenging working conditions for
@LincsPolice
@LincsCOPter
and
@LincsFireRescue
just one example a large fire at Gayton Top near Alford today. Drone used to track the spread of the fire allowing incident commanders to direct crews accordingly.
#teamwork