Drones - part of Criminal Scientist Teams

In case that someone is missing, the drone can help investigations by flying over the area where this missing person supposes to be. It can find some clues that can resolve the case and find that person. It may focus some unusual elements on the surface, some cloths or signs of human activities in the area. Time is a crucial element in this type in operations. When it is about human life – each second matters. The drone can reduce significantly the time of research of the potential area. Scanning the surface – now this is made on foot. If the drones join these teams, the time will be reduced to the minimum. With the option of Pinpoint, the drones can give more specific points where the team of investigators can go and check.

The use of drones in criminal forensics has so much potential that the U.S. Department of Justice recently awarded a grant of $280,000 to the Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State University (FACTS) to help them use drones to locate human remains. 

For now, the finding of human remain is still in the process of developing. The FACTS project shall initially be focused on detailing the ways that drone technology can compare to the technology currently being used to find human remains.  In the future the collaboration with Drones – part of Criminal Scientist Teams , will probably bring excellent results.