APD to start using aerial drones in their fatal crash investigations

APD to start using aerial drones in their fatal crash investigations

APD Highway Enforcement’s Lt. Blake Johnson says the department has bought two drones and a standalone computer. Travis County paid for the mapping software. Johnson says using the drones is expected to make what has been a six to eight hour investigation process closer to two.

Johnson says the drones can make 3D pictures of crash scenes which is a new capability.

The total cost: around twenty thousand dollars. 

 

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