SUBANG JAYA: Police have set up a Drone Unit to utilise the technology in their crowd control and daily patrol duties.
Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said the unit, which was set up under their Air Unit, is expected to start operation latest by the end of this year.
"Currently, our officers are undergoing training to operate the machine, while standard operating procedures for the technology utilisation are being worked on.
"We are going to start small, with between three and four drones. They will first be used to assist patrol duties at areas in the Klang Valley," he said.
Khalid said police are also planning to acquire facial recognition software, which can be paired with the police database, to detect the whereabouts of wanted criminals and terrorists using traffic cameras and patrol drones.