He has developed Pearland PD’s UAS program to be integrated into patrol, K9, SWAT, crash reconstruction, and crime scene functions. He used his aviation knowledge and experience to start the Pearland Police Department’s UAS program and since has assisted over 250 other agencies start or develop their programs across the nation. Brandon started his interest in aviation in 2006 where he earned his Commercial and Certified Flight Instructor licenses for manned fixed wing single-engine, multi-engine, and instrument ratings. He took a job with GenPac Drones as their Public Safety UAS Specialist and will continue to help public safety UAS programs from the ground up either through his work with LEDA, or with GenPac.īrandon Karr is from Pearland, Texas and is the former Chief Pilot, UAS Program Coordinator, and night shift patrolman for the Pearland Police Department. Jon recently made the difficult decision to leave GPD and his 13 year law enforcement career and move to the Nashville, Tennessee, area to be close to Vanderbilt Hospital for medical treatment for his youngest son, who has a rare, life threatening genetic issue, to which the Beal family has lost two other children. He continues to develop new methods of training and technology to support the team and its function as well as spending time helping other agencies get their programs up and running. Since his promotion to Sergeant in 2018, Jon continued his work on the program getting FAA waivers and approvals from GPD's command staff and finally created GPD's first UAS team, comprised of 10 pilots and six aircrafts. He worked diligently to start a UAS program at GPD since 2017, writing policies, procedures, attending trainings and writing training curriculum. He spent his time as patrol officer, Field Training Officer, then Narcotics Detective, where he discovered a passion for drones. In 2013, he moved his family to the Portland Metro area and joined the Gresham PD. He started his career as a police officer in 2008 with the Los Angeles Police Department. Jon Beal is a former Sergeant with the Gresham (Oregon) Police Department and supervisor of their UAS Team.
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