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Rick Bartle, Director of Aviation Operations

How Aerial Imagery Services Can Support the Law Enforcement Community (The Leading Edge Newsletter, 29-December-11)

In the final edition of 2011, Rick Bartle describes our support to community law enforcement organizations in their recent attempt to capture a potentially dangerous escaped fugitive. This description of direct support to an actual mission provides a very real scenario of the applicability of our service to meet law enforcement needs for cost effective, safe and efficient deployment of their resources. Read on.

“ASSIST-U.S.® Expands into Marine Survey Market” (The Leading Edge Newsletter,  26-July-11)

The ebb and flow of building a small business is full of challenges, surprises, and a lot of hard work. In other words, it is never dull. These last few weeks have elevated the business development bar at ASSIST-U.S.® and challenged us to consider several different opportunities. In many cases the surge of energy and activity associated with a new opportunity gives way to the realities of a small business enterprise… too little time and too few resources to accomplish every aspiration. Certainly this is sometimes frustrating, but it is the “wins” that keep small business entrepreneurs coming back for more. For all of us at ASSIST-U.S.®, the successes of the last few weeks are a perfect example of how exciting and rewarding this adventure can be. Those of you who have followed our progress may recall that we collected some Right Whale footage off Cape Cod not too long ago. Read on.

“Getting the Right Information, Right Now…” (The Leading Edge, 29-June-11 Newsletter)

Public safety officials across the country are increasingly hard pressed after this spring’s string of natural disasters. I am always amazed by the quiet courage and professionalism displayed by Police, Fire and rescue professionals in the aftermath of these devastating events. Without their efforts, the damaging effects of these storms and floods would be far greater. This is even more astonishing when one sees how many organizations have been forced to cut many of these positions to compensate for shrinking budgets. Today, fewer people are being expected to do more lifesaving and law enforcement with fewer resources. Read on.

“EnviroEyeSM: An ASSIST-U.S.® Solution for Today’s Environmental Challenges” (The Leading Edge, 31-Mar-11 Newsletter)

Sadly, Gerry’s story (related in his blog post, “ASSIST-U.S. & the Environment”) is not uncommon. Cities and towns across the country are coping with various forms of pollution that negatively impact quality of life, property values, and burden taxpayers with the cost of clean-up. Even my small country neighborhood in southern New Hampshire has felt the effects of industrial pollution. Prior to 1980, over 1,600 drums of chemical waste were buried in a quarter-acre pit on a local pig farm (read story here).  Read on…