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GOWANDA POLICE DEPARTMENT POLICY AND PROCEDURES Use of UAS Only authorized operators who have completed the required training shall be permitted to operate the UAS. Use of vision enhancement technology (e.g., thermal and other imaging equipment not generally available to the public) is permissible in viewing areas only where there is no protectable privacy interest or when in compliance with a search warrant or court order. In all other instances, legal counsel should be consulted. UAS operations should only be conducted during daylight hours and a UAS should not be flown over populated areas without FAA approval. UAS operations should only be conducted during night time hours with FAA approval. Authorized Missions UAS missions may be conducted: » Where there are specific and articulable grounds to believe that the drone will collect evidence relating to a specific instance of criminal wrongdoing or if the drone will intrude upon reasonable expectations of privacy, where the Gowanda Police Department has obtained a warrant based on probable cause, or where the Gowanda Police Department has obtained the consent of an appropriate party, considering residency, ownership and privacy interests. + Where there is a geographically confined, time -limited emergency situation in which particular individual's lives are at risk, including but not limited to a fire, hostage crisis, or person lost in the wilderness. + For reasonable non-law enforcement purposes where privacy will not be substantially affected such as geological inspections, environmental surveys, infrastructure inspections, and where the data will not be used for secondary law enforcement purposes. + For training purposes. * UAS will monitor and assess critical infrastructure and provide emergency incident situational awareness. Approvals UAS missions may be initiated with approval of the Shift Supervisor. In the event that the UAS team will be comprised of one or more members currently working, the approval of the Shift Supervisor is also necessary in determining what resources will be assigned to the mission. The shift supervisor will have discretion to call in members who are not currently working for the purposes of completing the mission. All UAS missions involving an investigation into suspected criminal activity or UAS missions conducted out of county shall require at least a two-person team, one RPIC and one spotter or observer with the understanding that said responsibilities may reverse as an incident becomes prolonged. For this reason, every effort should be made to have two pilots comprise the team. However, with approval of the Shift Supervisor or Chief Pilot a non-pilot member can perform as the observer as practicable. UAS missions that appear non-criminal in nature should be conducted by at least a two-person team but may be flown by a single pilot with the approval of the Shift Supervisor or Chief Pilot, 240