The reaction time is faster, they can chase burglars and they have a deterrent effect. Drones are increasingly being used as a surveillance tool at industrial estates and festivals.
Egbert Zweers of Omni Drones Security from Assen is conducting more and more tests with his surveillance drones. And new European legislation has made the use of these drones even more attractive. “We were always used to the fact that the drone and the pilot had to be together, the pilot was always obliged to have the drone in sight.” But these rules have changed. “We can now power a drone via a box on the site, which is controlled from a central point.”
And this central point can be a security company, but also the police control room. Pascal Kerssies of Jens Security from Emmen believes that the security profession is not under threat, but that the drone is an effective addition. “I see it as a kind of alarm system. The drones make the first detection and we as security guards respond to that.”
The chance of catching burglars is also greater with the use of drones, Kerssies thinks. “We have a faster response time. Without a drone, we arrive and the fencing is already broken. The drone has live images and we have a better chance of containing the burglars in collaboration with the police control room.”
Omni Drones Security will start a pilot next spring at Prysmian in Emmen, a company that produces underground and submarine cables, among other things.
Watch the interview with Egbert Zweers and Pascal Kerssies in the Radio Drenthe program Cassata here.