Police in Wisconsin use UAV in SAR mission.
Police in Lincoln County, Wisconsin, US used a drone to assist in the search for the body of a missing hunter.
Police in Lincoln County, Wisconsin, US used a drone to assist in the search for the body of a missing hunter, according to local news source WJFW Newswatch 12. The police department said that the body was found in 45 minutes, significantly less time than it would have taken a ground search and rescue team.
A 76-year-old hiker was thought to have drowned whilst out in the Lincoln County area. He had left his house at 12:30 hrs on 30 November and was reported missing by his family at 16:00 hrs. After finding the carcass of a deer the hunter had killed, the police decided to use its drone to search for the man.
Due to bad weather, a police request for a helicopter was turned down, reported WJFW Newswatch 12, meaning that the drone was launched. The incident was the first in which the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department had used the drone.
(This article has been corrected to the state to Wisconsin, not New Mexico as previoulsy stated in error.)