Rylan Simpson

To fly and protect: contextualizing the work of police helicopter units via observational methods

Purpose Helicopter units operate within many large police agencies in North America. Little research, however, has studied the practices of police helicopter units. As part of the present research, I empirically explore the operational realities of helicopter units using observat...

Drone as First Responder (DFR): A Short Report on a DFR Program in an American Police Agency

Abstract Police agencies are increasingly incorporating drones into their policing operations. Very recently, some police agencies have begun to use drones as a form of first responder: deploying drones to calls for police service on first instance and without specific solicitati...