New tools give two Hudson Valley police departments cause for hope
The Poughkeepsie and Marlborough police departments are partnering with a local group to improve their search and rescue operations, accident reconstruction and more.
New devices in use at the Poughkeepsie and Marlborough police departments
On Monday, August 12, Hudson Valley Drones announced on their Facebook page that they would be partnering with the Poughkeepsie Police Department.
The Poughkeepsie Police Department will now be adding a new DJI M30T drone to their fleet. One of the focuses of this new partnership between Hudson Valley Drines and the Poughkeepsie Police Department is to improve efforts in their search and rescue operations.
Hudson Valley Drones Facebook
On Wednesday, August 14, Hudson Valley Drones published another post with the update that the Marlborough Police Department will be adding three new drones to their department. The new drones being deployed to Marlborough include the DJI M30T, M3T, and Avata 2 drones.
These new drones feature infrared technology that can be used in search and rescue missions.
Marlborough Police Station
This news came just days after the disappearance of a 17-year-old girl from Marlborough, which caused a great deal of uproar among the population. Fortunately, she was found.
Use of drones in municipal policing
Police departments in the Hudson Valley have recently been increasingly using drones in their operations, particularly in search and rescue missions.
In June 2023, the Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office thanked the use of new drone technology to help rescue two lost hikers in the woods at the Stissing Mountain Trail Head in Pine Plains.
Read more about the rescue here: Watch how the Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office uses drones to identify people below
Hudson Valley Drones gave everyone a behind-the-scenes look at the drone testing and packaging process before the drones were delivered to their respective police departments:
Breathtaking drone images show remains of a border town in the ADKS
Many of us in the Capital Region have fond childhood memories of visits to our great Adirondack Mountains. Some remember the early years of Storytown (now known as Great Escape), others loved Water Slide World, while others enjoyed the horses, carriages and stagecoach bandits at Frontier Town.
While other attractions in the Lake George area grew in popularity, Frontier Town closed in 1998 due to declining crowds and stood empty, abandoned and neglected for twenty years.
Eventually, the state of New York bought the land and rebuilt the dilapidated amusement park.
The location was reopened in autumn 2018.
Some of the original Frontier Town signs can still be seen on the property. The entrance to Frontier Town now serves as a luxury rest area with food, souvenirs and restrooms. The area can be rented for parties.
Most people have never seen the Adirondacks like this, and thanks to Adirondack Drone we were allowed to share these strangely beautiful photos high above Frontier Town.
Photo credit: Brian Cody TSM Albany
Take a breathtaking drone bird watching tour of the sights of Cohoes Falls and the Capital Region
Gallery credit: Drone Shot Media
