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. YO UR NEWS PAP ER . PCPD KICKS OFF NEW DRONE PROGRAM Plant City Police Department now has two drones at its disposal to use for a variety of projects throughout the city.
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Plant City Police are already discovering the possibilities of use for their new drones are “only limited to the scope of their imagination.” PCPD decided to use its Federal Equitable Funds this year to purchase the two devices which, along with the
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accessories and controls, cost approximately $8,000. Chief Ed Duncan said a large part of the decision to purchase the devices came due to the fact that for years PCPD has remained reliant on other operations that have air support to come to their aid in an emergency. “HCSO would send us their helicopter and when you’re talking about a missing child or a senior citizen that has gotten lost, those minutes spent waiting for air support to arrive are too valuable to spare,” Duncan said. “And really, after a lot of research and thought, I realized there were many possibilities of ways we can utilize these devices.” CONTINUED ON PAGE 5
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