In a study by Unmanned Experts, Drew Jurkofsky, a Colorado police officer and accident reconstructionist with nearly 20 years experience, found that
Drones can easily cover larger distances for faster coverage: the larger the accident area, the better the efficiency of a drone to collect the data.
These methods, however, can take a large amount of time and require personnel trained in surveying, who may not always be on hand when an accident occurs. The most common ways accident responders currently document sites are with laser scanners, total stations, and photography, or a mixture of the three to gather measurable data and produce a 3D point cloud of the site. “You’re under a lot of pressure…To have a freeway closed for 5 or 6 hours to investigate a scene creates a lot of tension.” “When you look at the conventional methods, you’re looking at time,” says James Addison, a forensic reconstructionist in the private sector and retired police lieutenant. When an accident occurs, it’s in everyone’s best interest to clear the area ASAP, but the scene must be documented first. Drones make documenting accident scenes dramatically faster.
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Images and photogrammetry software are already successfully being used to document these scenes, but drones offer significant benefits to the workflow:ġ. A bit less prominent is drone (or UAV) use for accident reconstruction, an area with huge potential for law enforcement to quickly and accurately document vehicle accident scenes: especially pertinent when there is large loss of property or life. Google “drones and law enforcement” and words like “surveillance,” “apprehend,” and “crime fighting” pop up on the search feed, reflecting a still-present association of law enforcement with military drone usage.
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