Any security professionally tell you that the ideal surveillance set up is one that offers a 360° view of the perimeter of the area to be secured. Now, the biggest disadvantage of land-based surveillance is that it is impossible for any single individual to have a bird’s eye view of the surveillance set up.
The Old Option—Helicopters
Hiring a security agency offering drone surveillance service gives you a very affordable eye in the sky. Before drones, the only way one could carry out surveillance in the air was by hiring a helicopter.
However, helicopter surveillance suffers from significant disadvantages. For starters, the helicopter an extremely loud machine and cannot be deployed below a certain height. Obviously, this degrades the quality of surveillance.
Enter the Drone
Surveillance through a drone gives you all the advantages and benefits of a helicopter without any of its disadvantages. Drones are silent machines, which means it can hover in the air without attracting any attention. This enhances the quality of your security set up and helps you retain the element of surprise over intruders and other security risks..
Secondly, hiring a drone and keeping it in the air over a specific area is a much cheaper proposition as compared to hiring a helicopter. If you want surveillance for a specific public event, then the cost of the service can easily be accommodated into your budget.
In fact, drone surveillance services can even be a regular or routine affair, although it will be costlier than a one-time exercise.
Thirdly, a drone can fly close enough to the ground to give you an excellent and clear view of the surveillance perimeter. Also, the drone is a nimbler than a helicopter, which means it can move across the surveillance area within seconds.
Finally, the drone will act as a force multiplier and help you reduce security costs without compromising on quality. A single drone combined with half a dozen boots on the ground can do a better job securing an area as compared to a dozen security personnel with no air backup.
The visuals captured by the camera fitted to the drone can be transmitted to multiple devices at the same time, which means everyone will have a land-based and air-based view of the entire event.
Finally, having a drone hovering in the sky won’t spoil the ambience of the event. It is difficult to imagine a public speaking event with a helicopter hovering 20 feet above the ground. With drones, even a dozen of these in the air won’t distract any attention from the event.