Criminals who are planning to dump his drug waste should soon not only look around, but also upstairs. The Brabantse Delta Water Board uses drones with a camera from now on to supervise. During the day and at night. “Because of our drones, enforcement must become more effective, more efficient, faster and safer.”
They know that they are not nearly the first organization to use drones, but the Brabantse Delta Water Board also wants to participate in the speed of the peoples. They are completely convinced of the benefits of the flying camera.
“You can check a larger area in a short time,” says board member Angelien Hagenaars of Brabantse Delta, which operates mainly in West Brabant. “For example, if we are going to do a dyke inspection, we normally have to turn the dikes completely completely. Now that drone shows that complete and quickly. But we can also fly out to check ditches or illegal discharges.”
For example, from dumping of drug waste. “We can indeed detect that better now,” continues Hagenaars. “But also other illegal things. We come across the craziest things. For example, people who have dug a swimming pool in their garden while living on a dike. Or people who do not clean their ditch in the fall. Those kinds of things.”
“You come to places where you normally can’t go,” adds Leon Braat. He is one of the enforcers of the Brabantse Delta Water Board who was following a course to fly with a drone. “You no longer necessarily have to go to someone’s field or a private property because you can see what is going on through the drone. That can prevent aggression.”
“Drones are initially for prevention and not for verbalizing.”
“We want people to realize that mistakes are seen,” explains board member Angelien Hagenaars. “Because in the first instance it is not the intention to verbalize. We show people on the basis of the drone images that what they have done is not possible. The goal is prevention. And people with wrong intentions now indeed have to look up. “
The (low -noise) drones of Brabantse Delta are a test for a year. “I suspect that next year we say that we are horribly mistaken and that we need many more drones,” concludes enforcer Leon Braat.
“Also for all other departments. Because the fighters of the muskrat, for example, now stay out of the picture, while a drone is also very suitable for them. We really get many more drones in the future,” says Braat.