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Fighting fire with fire: How heliguy™ drones are helping UK prisons fight back

Fighting fire with fire: How heliguy™ drones are helping UK prisons fight back

by Jack Sharp -
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Criminals are using drones to cause problems in UK prisons - but staff are using them to fight back

  • heliguy™ is proud to support several UK prisons by providing expert drone training and support

  • Jack Sharp, head of training at heliguy™, explains what support and hardware prisons currently benefit from - and how it could benefit others

  • It comes as prison watchdogs have warned of the growing threat posed by criminal gangs using drones to deliver contraband

  • However, modern drones are playing an increasingly vital role is combating this

Drugs, weapons - and even mustard.

That’s just some of the contraband smuggled into British prisons in recent years via drones.

And the problem is getting worse.

A watchdog recently warned that two major prisons had “ceded control” of the air above them to drones operated by gangs, amid fears they could even help dangerous criminals - including terrorists - escape.

But prison staff are fighting to claw back control of the sky.

For more information on this, check out the link for the blog below. 

https://www.heliguy.com/blogs/posts/how-drones-are-helping-uk-prisons-fight-back/

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Fly safe everyone

Jack