SECRET SERVICE WILL REPORTEDLY TEST DRONE FOR TRUMP SECURITY
The Secret Service is looking at whether unmanned aerial vehicles could be useful in protecting the president, Reuters reports.
The US Secret Service is reportedly turning to drones to bolster security for President Donald Trump.
The
president's security detail will deploy a small tethered drone during
the president's upcoming visit to his golf club in New Jersey to
determine whether the unmanned aerial vehicles could be useful in
protecting the president, Reuters reported Wednesday.
The
drone will fly autonomously at an altitude of 300 or 400 feet, focusing
on the perimeter of the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, Reuters
reported. The test is part of the agency's effort to incorporate
several types of drones and tethered systems into its overhead
security-monitoring efforts, the Secret Service said in a document
released Wednesday.
The Secret Service's aerial surveillance is
currently conducted by manned aircraft supplied by local, state and
federal government agencies. But the manned aircraft is often too loud
and cannot provide consistent coverage, Reuters reported.
The Secret Service couldn't immediately be reached for comment.
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