--- title: New Delhi Police Plan to Use Drone Cameras to Increase Public Safety description: The drones will be equipped with night-vision cameras canonical: https://time.com/3631263/drones-delhi-safety-uber-rape/ author: Rishi Iyengar article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-12-12T08:40:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T02:48:15.421Z article:section: World og:title: Delhi Police to Use Drones og:description: The remote-controled aircraft will be equipped with night-vision cameras. og:url: https://time.com/3631263/drones-delhi-safety-uber-rape/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd9f0ec3c9728850c/69876e630b72e303b06dc91a/516026797.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 516026797 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Delhi Police to Use Drones twitter:description: The remote-controled aircraft will be equipped with night-vision cameras. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd9f0ec3c9728850c/69876e630b72e303b06dc91a/516026797.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # New Delhi Police Plan to Use Drone Cameras to Boost Public Safety by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Dec 12, 2014 8:40 AM CUT  Shadow of a Drone Shadow of a DroneRichard Newstead—Getty Images/Moment RF by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Dec 12, 2014 8:40 AM CUT In the face of increased outrage and scrutiny over the safety of its women, India’s capital New Delhi plans to incorporate a [new tool](http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Uber-rape-case-fallout-Drones-with-night-vision-cameras-to-patrol-Delhi-streets/articleshow/45478971.cms "undefined") into its surveillance arsenal: drones. The helicopter-like unmanned aircraft will be equipped with night-vision cameras and will be launched next month in the city’s north district, the _Times of India_ reported. Each drone will fly at a height of about 200 m and will cover a hexagonal area of 3 or 4 km. The announcement comes about a week after a New Delhi woman [accused an Uber driver](http://time.com/3622364/uber-rape-india/ "undefined") of rape, an incident that has reignited the conversation around public security in a city known for being unsafe for women. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3631263/drones-delhi-safety-uber-rape/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3631263/drones-delhi-safety-uber-rape/"},"headline":"New Delhi Police Plan to Use Drone Cameras to Boost Public Safety","datePublished":"2014-12-12T08:40:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T02:48:15.421Z","description":"The drones will be equipped with night-vision cameras","url":"https://time.com/3631263/drones-delhi-safety-uber-rape/","keywords":["Rape","India","New Delhi","police","Drones","Uber"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd9f0ec3c9728850c/69876e630b72e303b06dc91a/516026797.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rishi Iyengar","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd9f0ec3c9728850c/69876e630b72e303b06dc91a/516026797.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"516026797","caption":"516026797","creditText":"Richard Newstead—Getty Images/Moment RF","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3631263/drones-delhi-safety-uber-rape/","name":"New Delhi Police Plan to Use Drone Cameras to Boost Public Safety"}}]}] ```