Los Angeles, CA—When there is
a personal injury or fatal accident on any one of our highways it must be investigated.
Police respond, care for
the injured until the arrival of EMT’s, arrange for towing of disabled vehicles
and prepare accurate diagrams of the scene for their reports.
They also need to photograph
the vehicles, skid marks and debris.
This takes time and keeps the freeway closed until they’re finished.
The diagrams are used by the
courts and insurance companies to fix responsibility for these mishaps. In some cases people are charged with serious
crimes such as Murder and Manslaughter.
Defense lawyers can be counted upon argue that the diagrams are
inaccurate or misleading in order to win freedom for their clients.
Skid marks and tire scuff is
forensic evidence that’s used by investigators to reconstruct accidents. Speed is routinely determined
by measurement of these marks on the pavement that all too quickly disappears from view.
Drone images can far more
accurately capture an accident scene removing guesswork as to their integrity
of measurements of skid marks and such.
A small drone can be carried
in a police vehicle trunk, and quickly deployed by officers at such
scenes. High-resolution video and still
photographs can be taken from perhaps 50 or 60 feet above in 10% of the time it
takes to make a good diagram.
The same holds true for
violent crime scenes and many other events that could be documented by the
inexpensive drones.
The camera drone industry is
changing at lightning speed right now to fill every possible need for these
sometimes life-saving products.
My best drone equipment is not
even six months old and is already being made obsolete by improved
devices!
Here is the equipment that
I’m currently using and its cost is no more than $2,500.00
At a minimum police will be
able to reopen the highways quicker reducing the already problematic gridlock.
Paul; With your background in patrol and interest in drones, one would think you have played with the numbers of hiring out your services as an independent contractor to insurance companies. I'm not a lawyer, so I don't know the legalities of discovery, but as someone is interested in saving $500,000, I would think there would be an opportunity somewhere.
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