‘Saturday night at eight o’ clock and i know where i’m gonna go …. ‘
•BBQ on Houndkirk
•Sheep attacked by dog ivo White Path Moss trig point (Stanage) – a drone search for the sheep and then assistance to DerbysPol in locating the vehicle of the dog owner.
•BBQ on Higger
•Three groups totalling 13 people identified, invited by drone to leave, and monitored leaving Burbage Valley woodland. Fire present. The group included visitors from London and Milton Keynes.
•BBQ Curbar Edge
•Deer involved in an RTA nr Moor Edge Farm. Badly injured animal euthanized by police firearms officer.
•Location and conversation by drone with a camper in a remote location.
•Two tents swaying with sweet loving disturbed by drone and rangers in Lady Cannings woodland due to romancing by a large camp fire.
It is no understatement to say that the drone (and the outstanding piloting of it by Sam) was an absolute gamechanger tonight. It allows us to access and observe more places more quickly than we could on foot, it significantly de-risks incidents for the rangers and, moreover, people behave very differently when they are made aware that their actions are being recorded.
Whilst we’d rather a Saturday night passed without incident, they simply don’t anymore on and around the Eastern Moors.
Tonight was ‘quite full on’. The teamwork was 👌.