Drones for Law & Public Safety Course

Drones for Law and Public Safety (DLPS)

The DLPS course is the intermediate course for a drone pathway. DLPS is also used as an advanced course in many other LPS Pathways.

This course prepares students for certifications to operate drones in the law and public safety environment. First students will complete the necessary training to be prepared to pass the FAA 107 Pilot test. Students will then train in remote sensing and photogrammetry. Students will learn how to prepare and plan  for law and public safety operations. A significant portion of the course time will be dedicated to developing flight skills and performing maneuvers necessary for such operations. Using the National Institute of Standards and Technology national standard performance test for unmanned aerial vehicles, students will train for real world applications.

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Instructional Plans & Resources

LAPSEN Unit Plans

LAPSEN has a complete course (120-150 hours) of unit lesson plans available to members - Click Here to access.

Other Lesson Plan Sources

**California Educators Together– **The great state of California has an insane amount of resources and lessons. Be sure to search with different key words. You do have to have an account – but they give them to all teachers: Click Here

Industry Recognized Credential (IRC) for the Drones Pathway

This course is designed to adequately prepare students for all three IRCs.

FAA Part 107

NFPA 2400

Aerial Mapping

Drones Resources

NFPA 2400 Props

Plans to make your own - review the NIST Guide - Click Here

Purchase a great set props from a fellow teacher - Click Here

Drones for Law & Public Safety Course Standards

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Section 1: History and Careers in Aviation

Objective 1: Student will timeline the history of drones Objective 2: Students will identify careers in drones

Section 2: Regulations

Objective 1: Remote ID Objective 2: Flying over people and moving vehicles

Section 3: Airspace Classification, Operating Requirements and Flight Restrictions

Objective 1: Airspace types - Controlled Objective 2: Uncontrolled Objective 3 Special Use Objective 4 Other Airspace Objective 5: LAANCE

Section 4: Aviation Weather Services and Effects on Performance

Objective 1: Aviation weather sources Objective 2: Effects of weather on uSAS performance

Section 5: sUAS Loading and Performance

Objective 1: Small Unmanned Aircraft Loading

Section 6: Emergency Procedures

Objective 1: Emergency Procedures

Section 7: Crew Resource Management

Objective 1: Human Resources Objective 2: Hardware Objective 3: Decision making

Section 8: Radio Communications Procedures

Objective 1: Understanding proper radio procedures

Objective 2: Traffic advisory practices at airports without operating control towers

Section 9: Determining Performance of sUAS

Objective 1: Effects of temperature on density Objective 2: Effect of Humidity (Moisture) on Density

Section 10: Psychological Factors Affecting Performance

Objective 1: Physiological/Medical Factors that Affect Pilot Performance Objective 2:Vision and Flight

Section 11: Aeronautical Decision Making & Judgement

Objective 1: History of ADM Objective 2: Risk Management Objective 3: Crew Resource Management (CRM)

Objective 4: Single-Pilot Resource Management Objective 5: Hazard and Risk Objective 6: Human Factors Objective 7: The Decision-Making Process

Objective 8: Decision-Making in a Dynamic Environment Objective 9: Situational Awareness

Section 12: Airport Operations

Objective 1: Types of airports Objective 2: Sources for airport data Objective 3: Latitude and Longitude Objective 4: Antenna towers

Section 13: Maintenance, and Preflight Inspections Procedures

Objective 1: Regular vs scheduled maintenance Objective 2: Doing Inspections

Section 14: Basics of Remote Sensing

Objective 1: Gathering Drone Data

Objective 2: Camera operation

Objective 3: Camera types

Section 15: Photogrammetry

Objective 1: Terminology

Objective 2: Mission planning

Objective 3: Image processing

Section 16: Planning Drone Operations in Public Safety

Objective 1: Evaluate operation goals in a given mission

Objective 2: Pilot and visual observer

Section 17: Drone Flying Skills

Objective 1: Preflight Objective 2: Maintain visual line of sight Objective 3: Payload Objective 4: Landing Objective 5: Postflight Objective 6: Debriefing

Section 18: Performing Aerial Maneuvers

Objective 1: NIST UAV Course