Law Enforcement Drone Training

Over the years, public safety agencies have realized many benefits of incorporating drones into their operations. They have become valuable tools for law enforcement and other first responder agencies. Drones provide real-time aerial surveillance, enhance situational awareness, and assist in critical missions such as search and rescue operations, disaster response, standoff situations, and accident investigations. They offer a safer and more cost-effective alternative to traditional methods, enabling public safety professionals to respond quickly and efficiently to various incidents.

V1DroneMedia provides a range of drone training services tailored specifically for law enforcement professionals since 2017. These services span the range of helping police, firefighter, and other public safety agencies earn their FAA Part 107 Drone Pilot licenses to safely operate drones within the national airspace, to hands-on flight instruction, hardware recommendations, drone operations, and SOP (Standard Operating Procedures) setup for departments, as well as Advanced Drone Training for specialized drone missions (such as Hazmat, Disaster Response, Search and Rescue, Crash Investigation, etc.)

Check out our Basic Public Safety Drone Training Class Curriculum, and Contact Us for scheduling your next class, or if you are interested in any of our Advanced Drone Training offerings.

Basic Public Safety Drone Training Course

This 4-Day course is designed to help public safety officers to earn their Drone Pilot license (necessary to operate the drones legally on the job within the National Airspace), learn to operate (fly) drones, as well as learn about drone use in various situations, and get an overview of various drone hardware platforms that are available and are best suited for their operations.

This course consists of 2 Parts: Classroom and Outdoor Drone Operations Training

• 2-Day FAA Part 107 in-class (ground school) training, which covers the following topics to prepare public safety officers to take and pass the FAA Part 107 Drone License Test

  Topics covered during the PArt 107 License Ground School:

  1. Principles of Flight

  2. Weather

     • Reading Aviation Weather Reports and Weather Sources

  3. Airspace Classification

  4. Reading Aviation Maps

  5. Airport Operations

     • Traffic patterns, signs and markings, and radio communications

  6. Weight and Balance

  7. Pre-flight procedures

  8. UAS Operations, Specifications, Limitations, Maintenance, and Reporting

  9. Operational Waivers and Airspace Authorizations

  10. Human Factors and Decision-Making

  11. FAA Part 107 Pilot Certification and Registration Requirements

  12. Drone Regulation Changes and Practice Exams

  13. Third-Party Software/Apps

  14. Access to Covered Materials and Additional Resources

  15. Part 107 Practice Tests

      Please note we do not administer the Part 107 Test, it is a proctored exam, and we will direct you to where these exams are held and scheduled.

• 2-Day First Responder UAS Operations and Equipment/Hardware Overview (in-class and outdoor flying)

  • Drone Maintenance (batteries, storage, etc.)

  • Drone Calibrations

  • Flight App Settings

  • Camera Settings (Photo/Video)

  • Using Third-Party Apps

  • Creating Automated Flight Paths     

  • Safety in Operations: Pre and Post Flight

  • Checklists, etc. 

  • Intelligent Flight Modes   

  • Pre-flight inspections, drone calibrations

  • App settings and Battery monitoring techniques

  • Take-offs and landings (manual and auto modes)

  • Basic flight maneuvers (various patterns)

  • Advanced flight maneuvers

  • Using Intelligent flight modes

  • Using Pre-planned Flights to Conduct a Mission

  • Emergency maneuvers (return to home function, power-down while in flight, etc.)

This class is taught by Jason Damman and Scott Mlakar.

Jason Damman is the Chief Pilot of V1DroneMedia, a professional airline and drone pilot with 25+ years of experience in remote aviation. He is a highly trained commercial Airline Pilot with over 20 years and 15,000 + hours of flight time experience working in the airline industry. Jason got started in aviation by flying radio-controlled (RC) aircraft as a teenager in Northwest Ohio, picked up a drone in 2015, and has flown 1000+ hours of commercial drone missions since then. Besides holding private and transport aviation certificates, Jason is a Certified FAA Part 107 Drone Pilot and a Certified Flight Instructor, and a member of the Cleveland FAASTeam. He has been instructing first responders since 2017.

Scott Mlakar is an Assistant Chief (Ret) with the Willoughby (OH) Fire Department where he has served for 37 years. He is a paramedic, hazmat specialist, technical rescue coordinator, fire investigator, FAA Remote Pilot. He serves on the Fire Chief's Special Operations Committee in Lake County. He developed and is the Chief in charge of the Lake County Public Safety Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) team, composed of Firefighters and Police officers. It provides UAS support to all of Lake County's emergency services, special teams and government agencies.  He has presented at various National UAS conferences including Interdrone, Commercial UAV Expo Americas, and the Fire Department Instructors Conference (FDIC) on Public Safety UAS Programs.  He has published articles for Fire Engineering magazine on Public Safety UAS. He serves as lead Instructor at Tri-C Community College as part of their Public Safety Drone program, and as an Instructor for Flymotion Unmanned Systems training public safety professionals all across the country.

If you are interested in our Basic or Advanced Publice Safety Drone Training Courses, Contact Us!