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Launch Campus Drone Operations with Confidence

A standard-based pathway for colleges and universities to plan, launch and sustain safe, compliant, transparent, and mission-ready drone programs.

Campus Drone Readiness Initiative

Developed for campus public safety teams with policy, training, equipment guidance, and operational safety.

why this program exists

Drone Capability Without The Policy Gaps.

Campus safety teams are being asked to respond faster, coordinate better, and maintain public trust. 

Drone programs can help, but only when they are implemented with the right policy, training, oversight, equipment planning, and support.

COMMON USE CASES
Critical incidents • Search & rescue • Missing persons • Large events • Crime scene documentation • Unauthorized drone awareness
  • Critical incidents
  • Search & rescue
  • Missing persons
  • Large events
  • Crime scene documentation
  • Unauthorized drone awareness
The program foundation

Built Around the Four Concerns That Matter.

Safe

Protects students, faculty, staff, visitors, and responders.

Compliant

Aligned with FAA requirements and governed operational standards.

Transparent

Designed with privacy, accountability, and community communication in mind.

Sustainable

Supported by training, credentialing, fleet planning, and long-term support.

What the program provides

Three Steps to Building your Campus Drone Program

Instead of overwhelming agencies with a pile of documents, the program groups the work into the areas campuses actually need to get right.

01

Policy & Complicance

Campus drone policies, FAA readiness, privacy safeguards, documentation procedures, governance, and public-facing communications.
02

Training & Credentialing

Structured training pathways for pilots, supervisors, command staff, dispatch, emergency management, and public information roles.
03

Equipment & Support

Fleet planning, payload guidance, procurement and leasing options, sustainment planning, technical support, and readiness evaluation.
full program details

Detailed Program Outline

01 Policy, Compliance & Governance
  • Campus-adapted drone policies
  • FAA compliance and readiness planning
  • Privacy, data retention, and transparency standards
  • FERPA-aware evidence and data workflows
  • Mission approval and documentation procedures
  • Public-facing communication materials
02 Training & Credentialing
  • UAS fundamentals
  • UAS for Leaders
  • FAA Part 107 preparation
  • Aircraft mission training
  • Waiver and authorization guidance
  • Night operations
  • Crowd and special event management
  • Search and rescue
  • Crime scene documentation
  • Advanced campus-specific operations
  • FAA Part 107 certification and
  • IACLEA/NDRP credentialing pathways
03 Equipment, Fleet & Support
  • Fleet and payload recommendations
  • Mission-specific equipment guidance
  • Procurement planning
  • Flexible leasing and acquisition options
  • Maintenance and sustainment planning
  • Technical and operational support
  • Performance and readiness evaluation tools
how it works

A Proven Path from Interest to Deployment

Assess Readiness

Start with a conversation about current policies, risk, priorities, budget, technology environment, and desired use cases.

Build the Foundation

Develop the policy, governance, FAA readiness, privacy safeguards, communications plan, and equipment recommendations.

Train, Deploy & Sustain

Move into training, initial operations, mission playbooks, compliance reviews, refreshers, support, and credentialing pathways.

Campus public safety standards, training, advocacy, peer support, and institutional credibility.

Public safety drone platforms, fleet guidance, training support, sustainment planning, and operational expertise.

IACLEA

Campus public safety standards, training, advocacy, peer support, and institutional credibility.

Draganfly

Public safety drone platforms, fleet guidance, training support, sustainment planning, and operational expertise.

IACLEA MEMBER BENEFIT

5% Equipment Benefit

Participating IACLEA member agencies may receive 5% off eligible Draganfly equipment purchases, with access to leasing and sustainment options.
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Start With a Readiness Conversation

Complete the form below and a member of the program will follow up with information about next steps

Campus public safety / uas readiness

Build a Campus Drone Program That Is Ready for Real Operations.

A practical path from planning to policy, training, equipment, and ongoing readiness.

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Andy Card

ADVISOR

Mr. Andy Card, the second longest-tenured White House Chief of Staff, has served in senior government roles under three U.S. Presidents. Mr. Card serves on the Board of Directors of public corporation Union Pacific, on the Business Advisory Board of BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics, on the Advisory Board of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and on a number of non-profit boards. He is also a professional speaker represented by the Washington Speakers Bureau and joined NBC News as a contributor in April 2017. 

Mr. Card, appointed in November 2000, served as Chief of Staff to President George W. Bush from January 2001 to April 2006. Prior to his tenure as White House Chief of Staff, Mr. Card managed and ran the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia at the request of nominee Texas Governor George W. Bush. Before that, Mr. Card was Vice President-Government Relations for General Motors Corporation, one of the world’s largest automobile manufacturers. From 1993 to 1998, Mr. Card was President and Chief Executive Officer of the American Automobile Manufacturers Association, the trade association whose members were Chrysler Corporation, Ford Motor Company, and General Motors Corporation. When Chrysler became part of Daimler Corporation, Mr. Card oversaw the dissolution of the nearly 100-year-old trade association.

Mr. Card also served as Deputy Chief of Staff and then as a Cabinet Member for President George H.W. Bush as the 11th Secretary of Transportation. Prior to that, he served as Special Assistant (1983 to 1987) and later as Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Intergovernmental Affairs for President Ronald Reagan (1988) where he was a liaison to governors, statewide elected officials, state legislators, mayors, and other elected officials. From March 1987 until March 1988, Mr. Card ran the successful New Hampshire Presidential Primary Campaign for George H. W. Bush.

Mr. Card is a graduate of the University of South Carolina with a B.S. in Engineering. He also attended the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Mr. Card served in the U.S. Navy from 1965 to 1967.

Tim Dunnigan

DIRECTOR

Tim Dunnigan, a retired U.S. Army Infantry Officer and accomplished technology entrepreneur, is the CEO & President of MMS Products, Inc., a defense technology solutions provider. He is also the Founder of CaptureTec, LLC, a defense consultancy group focused on supporting Warfighters through leadership and innovation. As COO and Co-founder of Talon Aerolytics, Tim led the development of the nation’s largest aerial drone services provider, expanding operations to all 50 states and facilitating digital data collection with AI analysis for national critical infrastructure.

As CEO and Founder of Strategic Integration, LLC, Tim developed and operated the CTED (Create, Test, Educate, Deploy) turnkey business model for defense consulting and technology integration. He has served America’s security interests abroad through multiple classified (TS/SCI) contracts with the U.S. Department of Defense. Additionally, as the Founder of iK9, LLC (CVE SDVOSB), Tim co-authored the Veterans Administration’s (VA) training protocols for service dogs provided to Military Veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

Mr. Dunnigan is a Corporate Advisor with Integrated Defense Accelerator, Founder of the I’m a Hero Too Foundation [501(c)(3)], and a children’s book author. He holds an active Top Secret security clearance and is currently a Doctoral Student researching leadership efficacy in decision-making with regard to drone usage, where AI and machine autonomy are considered. Tim has been awarded six patents and has two patents pending for an aerial drone delivery system he developed to address capability gaps he witnessed during his multiple humanitarian trips to Ukraine.

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