Thermal drone photos help police track down man wanted for domestic offences
Technology helped police to track down and arrest a man wanted for domestic offences.
The West Midlands Police drone team participated in the search for the man on Tuesday, April 18 after he had run from a house in Perry Barr, Birmingham, using thermal imaging to show the man running down a canal embankment.
Two officers were guided down the embankment by the drone team and were able to arrest a 36-year-old man on suspicion of making threats to kill and possession of a bladed article.
A spokesman for WMP Eye in the Sky said on Twitter: "The West Midlands Police drone team supported our colleagues from West Midlands Police Response team in locating a male wanted for domestic offences.
"He had ran from the address and was seen on our thermal drone on canal embankment and we guided our colleagues in to make arrest."
Images released on Twitter show the two officers working their way down the embankment towards the man.
A spokesman for West Midlands Police said: "We responded to reports that a woman had been threatened by a man at a property in the Perry Barr area of Birmingham just after 8pm last night.
"We called in support from colleagues in our drone team to help locate the suspect, who had fled from the property, and we quickly found him by a canal nearby.
"We arrested a 36-year-old man on suspicion of making threats to kill and possession of a bladed article."
