Stockholm Police to Use Unmanned Aerial Systems for Surveillance During Culture Festival
Map of the area monitored with the UAS.
The police will camera monitor parts of Stockholm’s inner city using Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) during the Culture Festival starting on Thursday, August 17, 2023.
The police authority has made a decision to monitor parts of Stockholm’s inner city with UAS cameras in connection with the Culture Festival that is taking place. Affected areas are shown in the image above.
The decision applies from 13:00 on 17 August 2023 to 00:00 on 21 August 2023.
The aim is to prevent, prevent and detect crime as well as facilitate and enable the investigation and proof of crimes that have occurred.
About camera surveillance with UAS
UAS stands for unmanned aerial system, which is the police’s system for unmanned aerial vehicles. The police authority has the right for a certain period of time to conduct camera surveillance of a place to which the public has access, if for a special reason there is a risk of serious crime and the purpose of the surveillance is to prevent, prevent or detect such criminal activity or to investigate or prosecute such crimes. The police also have the right to use film material in investigative and prosecution work. The material may be used as evidence in a trial, which can be decisive if, for example, there are no witnesses. Read more about how the police process personal data.
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Stockholm County Police
Published
August 17, 2023 5:06 p.m