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<blockquote data-quote="Andre Levite" data-source="post: 81232" data-attributes="member: 10850"><p>Police used a drone with thermal imaging to locate and rescue a California teenager gone missing from School for the Deaf</p><p></p><p>Score A BIG WIN for the drone good guys!</p><p></p><p>Video Link:</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/PytIxv4mZHQ" target="_blank">Police Drone Finds Missing Teen</a></p><p></p><p>Text:</p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Fremont, CA - Missing teen located with the use of a UAV (drone) equipped with a FLIR camera. On Tuesday, February 5, 2019, at 8:32 p.m., Fremont Police Dispatch received a call from the California Highway Patrol requesting an outside assist to locate a student of the California School for the Deaf who was missing. It was believed the teen-age juvenile had voluntarily gone missing and there was immediate concern for the child's mental well-being. Several Fremont patrol personnel responded to assist with the search. The California School for the Deaf is within the jurisdiction of the California Highway Patrol. While CHP was responding to the scene, Fremont patrol units began developing information, with the assistance of the juvenile's friends to help narrow his location. Through the use of social media, it was believed that the juvenile was near the train tracks in our Irvington District, close to Roberts Ave. As a response to the search, a Fremont Police drone operator deployed an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), while other officers began searching the railroad tracks on foot. The UAV was equipped with FLIR, a thermal imaging camera system. Shortly after guiding the UAV to the location, a heat spot was located. As information was being shared to the officers on foot, the missing juvenile's friends, also on foot, approached their friend who was hiding in bushes. The UAV operator was able to visually see this transpiring and continued to relay the information over the radio. The friends were aware of the UAV in the air and used their cell phone flashlights to signal the operator. A spotlight on the UAV helped guide officers to their location and was used to provide light while officers communicated to the teens. The missing teen was taken to paramedics who were staging nearby. The California Highway Patrol handled the investigation from this point forward.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andre Levite, post: 81232, member: 10850"] Police used a drone with thermal imaging to locate and rescue a California teenager gone missing from School for the Deaf Score A BIG WIN for the drone good guys! Video Link: [URL='https://youtu.be/PytIxv4mZHQ']Police Drone Finds Missing Teen[/URL] Text: [FONT=Helvetica][SIZE=3]Fremont, CA - Missing teen located with the use of a UAV (drone) equipped with a FLIR camera. On Tuesday, February 5, 2019, at 8:32 p.m., Fremont Police Dispatch received a call from the California Highway Patrol requesting an outside assist to locate a student of the California School for the Deaf who was missing. It was believed the teen-age juvenile had voluntarily gone missing and there was immediate concern for the child's mental well-being. Several Fremont patrol personnel responded to assist with the search. The California School for the Deaf is within the jurisdiction of the California Highway Patrol. While CHP was responding to the scene, Fremont patrol units began developing information, with the assistance of the juvenile's friends to help narrow his location. Through the use of social media, it was believed that the juvenile was near the train tracks in our Irvington District, close to Roberts Ave. As a response to the search, a Fremont Police drone operator deployed an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), while other officers began searching the railroad tracks on foot. The UAV was equipped with FLIR, a thermal imaging camera system. Shortly after guiding the UAV to the location, a heat spot was located. As information was being shared to the officers on foot, the missing juvenile's friends, also on foot, approached their friend who was hiding in bushes. The UAV operator was able to visually see this transpiring and continued to relay the information over the radio. The friends were aware of the UAV in the air and used their cell phone flashlights to signal the operator. A spotlight on the UAV helped guide officers to their location and was used to provide light while officers communicated to the teens. The missing teen was taken to paramedics who were staging nearby. The California Highway Patrol handled the investigation from this point forward.[/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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