{"id":77587,"date":"2026-06-06T17:30:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T17:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/77587\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T17:30:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T17:30:07","slug":"arrests-in-anti-social-driving-drone-operation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/77587\/","title":{"rendered":"Arrests in anti-social driving drone operation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Two arrests have been made during a police operation using drone technology to target anti-social driving.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Dorset Police said its operation on 29 May was in direct response to concerns raised by people living in Sandbanks, Poole.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">More than 70 motorists were identified as exceeding the speed limit and two people were arrested for reportedly driving while over drink and drug drive limits, said police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Insp Lee Turner said the force would look to use &#8220;all of the options in our toolkit, including the latest technology, to reduce anti-social driving or riding and protect road users&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The evening operation was carried out by the Roads Policing Team, Safety Camera Team, Force Support Group, Special Constables and trained drone officers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A police drone was deployed over the area to give a higher vantage point to spot any offences of poor driving, allowing officers to then intercept motorists on the ground, said Dorset Police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Other offences were dealt with, including driving while using a mobile phone and not wearing a seatbelt, it added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Insp Turner said Sandbanks residents regularly complained about poor driving behaviour, adding that the force has &#8220;been taking an innovative approach using drone technology&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;We do receive concerns of anti-social driving from other areas across Dorset and we will be looking to replicate this operation in those places to support our local communities,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"A policeman kneeling near a drone with his back to the camera.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/576616e7434b9f5e213314ba77a6f200.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A police drone was deployed over Sandbanks to give officers a higher vantage point [Dorset Police]<\/p>\n<p>Similar storiesRelated Links<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two arrests have been made during a police operation using drone technology to target anti-social driving. Dorset Police&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":77588,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[17,30889,30883,23248,30884,30888,30886,30887,30885,11667],"class_list":["post-77587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-canada","tag-concerns-raised","tag-dorset-police","tag-driving","tag-drone-technology","tag-insp-lee-turner","tag-police-drone","tag-police-operation","tag-sandbanks","tag-special-constables"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77587\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}