Injured Man Is First Person Saved By a Police Drone In Canada

AchilleTalon writes "As the US continues to grapple with the idea of letting drones fly through the country's airspace, our neighbors to the north have reported a new milestone for unmanned aerial technology: the first life saved using a drone. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police in the province of Saskatchewan announced yesterday that they successfully used the small Draganflyer X4-ES helicopter drone to locate and treat an injured man whose car had flipped over in a remote, wooded area in near-freezing temperatures. Zenon Dragan, president and founder of the Draganfly company that makes the drone, said in a statement: 'to our knowledge, this is the first time that a life may have been saved with the use of a sUAS (small Unmanned Aerial System) helicopter.'"

Figures.

[SpeZek]

Of course we Canadians would use drones for polite and considerate tasks. We have a reputation to keep up!

Re:This reminds me that even Hitler did some good.

[Servaas]

You forgot getting rid of the jews! (I joke I joke, he didn't get rid of the jews)

Re:This reminds me that even Hitler did some good.

[Holistic Missile]

He is, after all, the guy who killed Hitler...

Crack Pipes Save Lives Too

[guttentag]

If you throw a crack pipe at the head of a bank robber and distract the robber long enough to subdue the robber, you could say that a crack pipe saved the life of the bank manager.

The effect of a tool depends on how it is used.

Then again, a person carrying a crack pipe at a bank would probably have used the tool for its usual purpose, and would be unable to successfully aim the pipe at the robber's head, so the odds of a crack pipe routinely saving lives are about as slim as the odds of a drone routinely saving lives.

Re:Thats great..

[JockTroll]

Let's wait for a drone to crash into a bus full of children and go up in fire. Good footage of screaming, burning kids and bodies mangled by engine parts will make the public think. The tragedy must not be wasted. FLYING KILLING MACHINE MURDERS CHILDREN will be the headline. In time, it will happen and the media shark feeding must be prepared.