The Elbert County, Colorado, Sheriff’s Department will be one of the first departments in the country to participate in CompassDrone's Complete Incident Response Recovery Unmanned Aerial System (CIRRUAS) program, which is designed for public safety applications.  

Based in Centennial, Colorado, CompassDrone, which provides UAS mapping consulting services, says that the CIRRUAS program is mainly designed for accident reconstruction and crime scene mapping, but it can also be used for search and rescue and reconnaissance operations as well.

“CIRRUAS was designed by law enforcement for law enforcement to meet their unique mapping and data collection needs,” says CompassDrone Vice President Hayden Howard, via an article from Unmanned Aerial Online.

Howard adds that CIRRUAS was designed to make data collection “safer, faster and more accurate for public safety officers,” and that the program is an “affordable, all-inclusive solution for mapping with unmanned aerial systems.”

The CIRRUAS package includes all the necessary parts for public safety personnel to “quickly and accurately map an accident or crime scene for 3D reconstruction or evidence preservation purposes.”

According to CompassDrone, there are a variety of CIRRUAS packages that are offered, but each contains several DJI UAS, software, and Part 107 commercial flight training.

​Howard says that every CIRRUAS package is “backed up with ongoing technical and applications support” by the company's personnel.