Correctional Service Says It’s Tackling ‘Evolving Threat’ Posed by Drone Smugglers

Correctional Service Says It’s Tackling ‘Evolving Threat’ Posed by Drone Smugglers
Patches are seen on the arm and shoulder of a corrections officer in Abbotsford, B.C., on Oct. 26, 2017. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck
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The Correctional Service of Canada says it’s taking multiple steps to combat the “evolving threat” of drones dropping contraband into prisons, after B.C. guards held a rally to call attention to violence that they say is fuelled by the smuggling.

The correctional service says in a statement it’s using a “layered approach” to respond to the drone drops by procuring drone detection equipment and piloting a program using cellphone detection technology.