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Mesa County Sheriff (Colorado, USA) is the first US Public Safety Agency to receive an FAA Certificate of Authorization to operate the Draganflyer X6 helicopter for law enforcement use over a 3,300 square mile area.
In the past, the Sheriff’s office was required to contact the FAA and request an Emergency COA for the incident at hand. This was time consuming for both the Sheriff and the FAA but even more so, it lead to critical delays in deploying the aircraft.
With this new County Wide approval, the Sheriff’s office is no longer required to contact the FAA each time the aircraft is deployed for use. The county-wide approval comes after a year or more of in-depth aircraft flight experience, safety practices, programme development, use by the agency and the proven solid commitment by the Sheriff’s office to adhere to the FAA practices and policies.
The Draganfly is one of the first, small unmanned helicopters to receive FAA approval for this use over such a wide area and is a tribute to cooperation between the company and the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office.