Police Take Delivery of More Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

The Nigerian police on Wednesday announced that it has taken delivery of five more unmanned aerial surveillance vehicles.
The police said this is part of the measures towards strengthening its capacity to secure Nigerians.
The force, in a statement by Ademuyiwa Adejobi, Force PRO, police pilots have concluded specialized training on operations, deployment.
Adejobi said the move by the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, is to checkmate criminal activities in the country.
“The acquisition is the manifestation of the IGP’s determination to integrate the use of innovative technology in the law enforcement duties of the Nigeria Police Force and ultimately enhance its intelligence gathering and operational capabilities.
“The drones will assist the Police in monitoring active crime scenes, coordinating response operations, and providing aerial support to responding officers,” the statement said
It said the UAVs include an ALTI Transition, capable of covering up to 150km in a single flight with high endurance of up to 14 hours, and an Elistair Orion fixed-wing aircraft, capable of covering up to 92m altitude with high endurance of up to 50 hours and other sensitive and forensic-based features.
“These UAVs will be remotely operated by police pilots from the Police Airwing who have undergone specialized training from Engineers of the Elistair company, who were flown in from France at the instance of the IGP, for a week-long training schedule, and have acquired technical skills and requisite know-how in the operation and maintenance of the procured UAVs.” It said
The IGP, according to the statement, has directed the immediate and strategic deployment of these drones to areas prone to high-security breaches, for monitoring and intelligence gathering to tackle criminality headlong.