Dorset police launch drone unit to fight crime

Heat-seeking cameras take to the skies as a cheaper alternative to helicopters

Police drone
(Image credit: Dorset Police/Twitter)

Devon and Cornwall Police has created the UK’s first full-time drone unit for operations including missing person searches, crime scene photography and traffic collisions.

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