Pearland Police Department hosted representatives from the Norwe

Pearland Police Department hosted representatives from the Norwegian Police ServiceThe Pearland Police Department had the honor of hosting representatives from the Norwegian Police Service, the national police force of Norway. The group was here to learn about Pearland’s use of drones in law enforcement and the drone first responder program. Due to the high costs of crewed aircraft such as police helicopters, the use of drones can provide a top-down view to officers at scenes and at a significantly reduced cost to the public. PPD also uses drones for crash reconstruction, to create digital maps of crime scenes, natural disaster response and high-risk operations such as some search warrants. Their visitors were quite impressed with this community and stated they learned many things they plan to take back to their operations in Norway. They also mentioned their desire to have some Texas BBQ, so of course they had to oblige!