FAIRBANKS \u2014 The Fairbanks Police Department could be adding a drone to its crime-fighting toolbox soon.<\/p>\n
The City Council on Monday will decide whether to approve a resolution that would accept almost $32,000 from a U.S. Department of Justice-sponsored grant, The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported (http:\/\/bit.ly\/1TWd6NC).<\/p>\n
Fairbanks Police Chief Randall Aragon said the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant is based on crime rates and does not require matching funds.<\/p>\n
About $7,000 from the grant would go to the unmanned aerial system, which Aragon said is a \u201cvery high tech\u201d quad-copter a few feet in diameter. He said the drone would be used in criminal searches or search and rescue efforts.<\/p>\n
The grant would also provide $1,500 for a crisis negotiator telephone system, $6,000 for a long-range acoustic device, $5,000 for body-worn cameras and about $12,000 for a cloud-based evidence-discovery system.<\/p>\n
According to the council resolution, police estimate annual software maintenance of $8,000 for the drone and evidence-discovery system.<\/p>\n
The grant money would get the department six body cameras, increasing the department\u2019s supply to 36.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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