PUBLIC SAFETY UAS STANDARDS
LEDA Standards
Operational standards from the Law Enforcement Drone Association, built by experienced practitioners to help public safety agencies run safe, consistent and defensible drone programs. Download the UAS Operations Standard below. LEDA members can read the full Tactical and Mass Gathering standards in the Document Center.
LEDA UAS Operations Standard
LEDA recently released our UAS Operations Standard for teams to use to build their programs. In it, we outline how and when drones should be used, how public safety programs should be set up and also what we should not be doing with drones. We recommend training hours and topics, and also outline best practices for specific principles of UAS deployments in the public safety vertical. Over the coming year, we will be releasing appendices outlining the specific deployment models for principles like tactical missions, crash/crime scene reconstruction, aerial search procedures, canine support, search and rescue and others. Click the link below to download a PDF copy of our standards document and please reach out with any questions!
Tactical Operations
Standard for UAS
LEDA dedicated months to crafting and refining our Tactical Operations Standard for drone use in tactical missions, leveraging the expertise of industry subject matter experts. In collaboration with the National Tactical Officers Association (NTOA), we ensured this essential document meets the highest operational standards. Now available in PDF format, this comprehensive guide is accessible to both LEDA and NTOA members in our Documents Center. Elevate your team’s tactical drone operations to meet industry-leading standards today!
Mass Gathering Event
Standard for UAS
LEDA has recently published its standard on use of drones for mass gathering events. This guide will help agencies create training, tactics and policy around the use of their drones for large scale (and small scale) events in their jurisdictions. With major events coming to the US this year and all the buzz around how drones may have been able to mitigate catastrophic events in the past had they been used, LEDA created this document to help establish the most effective way to deploy these critical assets at a time when they are in such high demand.
