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Swedish Police Testing Drones As a Part of Law Enforcement Toolkit

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Swedish police will adopt drones as an essential part of law enforcement's everyday toolkit.

Ekaterina Blinova — Swedish police have purchased several drones in order to test them as a part of law enforcement's toolkit.

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According to Swedish media sources, the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) will be tested across the country and adopted for official police duties by summer 2015. Per Engstrom, a team leader of the Swedish National Police Board in Stockholm characterized the aerial vehicles as small but reliable, adding that they differ from those commonly used by drone enthusiasts.

According to Engstrom, the experiment's ultimate goal is to adopt the drones for mountain rescue work as well as for many other "operational activities." Indeed, instead of sending a police officer into a dangerous zone, law enforcers will be able to examine the area with the help of a UAV. 

Drones can be also used to monitor and film protest rallies, providing law enforcers with valuable information about possible illegal activities by demonstrators. In addition, the aircrafts are indispensable for reconnaissance purposes: a UAV can be sent to "spy" on a perpetrator who is hiding in a building and to make photos of the facilities' interior.

It is worth mentioning that Sweden's law enforcement has long been considering the idea of including drones in their everyday toolkit. The latest project supervised by the National Police Board aims to investigate drones' capabilities and possible applications.

UAVs, either controlled remotely or autonomous, have been used since for surveillance since 1980s by various security services. Unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAV) have become especially popular with  US military forces conducting deadly operations in the Middle East and Central Asia.

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