Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle subsystem includes a vehicle-mountable light bar. The light bar includes a periphery and a plurality of lights configured to illuminate through at least a portion of the periphery. The light bar further defines a volume within which is positioned an unmanned aerial vehicle pad and a tether extension and retraction mechanism. The subsystem further includes an unmanned aerial vehicle having at least one camera. A tether is operable with the tether extension and retraction mechanism and extendable from the tether extension and retraction mechanism to the unmanned aerial vehicle. The tether is configured to, during flight of the unmanned aerial vehicle, transmit power to the unmanned aerial vehicle and transmit data signals to and from the unmanned aerial vehicle.

Abstract: Unmanned aerial systems including an unmanned aerial vehicle and a command device. The unmanned aerial vehicle includes a propulsion system, a vehicle power source, a vehicle electronic controller, and a vehicle coupling mechanism. The command device includes a command power source, a command electronic controller, and a command coupling mechanism. The vehicle electronic controller is without power from the vehicle power source when the vehicle coupling mechanism is connected to the command coupling mechanism. The command electronic controller is without power from the command power source when the vehicle coupling mechanism is connected to the command coupling mechanism. The vehicle electronic controller receives power from the vehicle power source when the vehicle coupling mechanism is separate from the command coupling mechanism. The command electronic controller receives power from the command power source when the vehicle coupling mechanism is separate from the command coupling mechanism.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the disclosure provides a method of event auditing. The method of event auditing includes receiving sensor data at a base station from a sensor of an unmanned aerial vehicle (“UAV”), transmitting a controls signal to the UAV based on the sensor data, communicatively coupling the base station with an external evidenced repository, formatting a portion of the sensor data, and transmitting the formatted sensor data to the external evidence repository. In some embodiments, the base station is mounted to an anchor vehicle. In some embodiments, the UAV is communicatively coupled with the base station via a tether. In some embodiments, the formatting the sensor data includes formatting a second portion of sensor data to generate formatted sensor data based, at least in part, on an identity of the external evidence repository.