A dedicated British Transport Police drone team will operate at Notting Hill Carnival to enhance public safety. Drones carry four cameras including wide-angle, zoom and thermal imaging, enabling identification of people up to about 80 metres and locating individuals in low-visibility conditions. Drone imagery can be streamed in real time to officers on the ground and to a control room. A laser rangefinder can tag objects over a kilometre away and supply GPS coordinates for responders. An extensive CCTV hub complements drone feeds to monitor crowds, support identification and address risks such as crowd crushes.
A dedicated drone team will be deployed at Notting Hill Carnival by the British Transport Police (BTP) for the first time as part of efforts to keep people safe. The drones are fitted with four cameras including a wide angle and a zoom where they can identify a person from up to about 80m (260ft) away. "We have a thermal imaging camera," explains drone operations manager Insp Chris Fells. "If someone is hiding in places that are difficult to see or it's at night we can still locate those people."
The images captured by the drones can be fed in real time to officers on the ground or back to the control room. "We also have a laser rangefinder on this which means we can tag an object up to over a kilometre away and actually provide GPS coordinates of that person so that anyone responding to the incident can go to the right place," Insp Fells said.
The event is the largest street party in Europe, with some two million people expected to attend it over the weekend. PA Media Marina Ahmad, chair of London Assembly's Police and Crime Committee, said the priority at the "massive" event was "for people to have a good time while being safe as possible".
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