The Metropolitan Police is using remotely launched drones to support its response to emergencies.
A trial now under way in Islington involves drones feeding intelligence both to officers in a control room and on the ground, the force said.
Civil liberty campaigners like Big Brother Watch have previously described the use of drones by police as “sinister”, however Assistant Commissioner Laurence Taylor, the national lead for drones, said: “This isn’t surveillance. This is to support policing operations on the ground.”
He added that any footage not needed for use in evidence would be deleted after 28 days. The Met aims to roll the project out to the West End and Hyde Park by the end of the year.
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