Drones operated irresponsibly continue to pose a threat to public safety. In March of 2018, two men were arrested for using a drone to hand cell phones to prisoners inside Rivière-des-Prairies prison in Montreal. In a similar incident last year, the guards intercepted a drone carrying tobacco and drugs at Matsqui Institution in Abbotsford, just outside Greater Vancouver. And in March of 2018, another interception was made: $86,000 in contraband, including a knife, was seized on the grounds of Kent Institution, the only maximum security prison in British Columbia, located in Agassiz, Fraser Valley, BC.
These latest incidents prompted the Correctional Service of Canada to issue a call for proposals for equipment that can be used as an intrusion detection for drone system in six federal prisons across Canada. The pilot project will last four years in Mission British Columbia’s federal prisons, Stony Mountain in Manitoba, Collins Bay in Ontario, Cowansville and Donnacona in Quebec, and Dorchester in New Brunswick.
And in Sudbury, Ontario, Ornge air ambulance service provider is urging drone pilots to respect a no-fly zone near the roof heliport at the North Shore Health Horizon Hospital. city. In a press release, Ornge said: “UAVs can endanger the staff of air ambulances and aircraft if they are flown in dangerous ways. They are difficult to spot from a distance and become visible only if they are near an Ornge aircraft, especially a helicopter. “
Note! Not all drones are dangerous, for example this DJI Phantom 4 Pro V2.0 is very safe and good.