Peter Blake has 24 years of policing experience in Australia. He is a writer, researcher and author, the recipient of the National Medal and the Queensland Police Service Medal. Peter holds a Diploma in Public Safety and has been awarded a prestigious “Winston Churchill fellowship” for his research into the implementation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for use by Australian Police Services.   He has co-ordinated and commanded extensive land, sea and air searches in remote and treacherous locations.

Peter has studied Unmanned Aerial Systems and photogrammetry at Rostock University in Germany. He was a guest speaker at the 2013 DSEI conference on unmanned systems in London England.  He has studied UAS widely with British Police and the British Home Office.  In 2013 he travelled extensively through Canada where he studied with the Royal Canadian mounted Police. Peter has tested and flown a wide range of aircraft in Europe, Canada and the United States.    Peter has studied and flown small UAV’S with most of the largest manufactures in Europe, across Canada and the United States. Having attended the manufacturing facilities of many UAV producers he has gathered an extensive range of contacts including many in the superyacht industry. Read more about Peter at the Fellows Page of the Churchill Trust.

Our UASSA Senior North American Consultant has 25 years of policing experience and is still a serving police officer.

He started the Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Program for a national policing agency and is now in command of a fleet of nearly 70 UAV’s. He has conducted extensive research and development on various UAS systems throughout Canada and the United States and provides comprehensive technical, regulatory and operational advice to police forces.

He has tested and flown a large number of UAS within Canada and the United States.

He has travelled extensively being a leading guest speaker at many events, including the Canadian Unmanned Systems Conference for the past three years. He also spoke at the Asia Police Conference in August of 2013 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
He is considered the subject matter expert in Canada for UAS in policing. He has hosted other police agencies from around the world to examine his UAS program including UASSA director Peter Blake.

Peter Graham is our “go to” consultant when it comes down to the hard questions that require answers. Peter served with the Royal Australian Navy. He continues to play a key role in the Queensland search and rescue network with his expertise being called on by government agencies on a weekly basis.

Peter is the recipient of the National Medal and a bravery citation resulting from his efforts in the field. Peter has been funded to travel overseas and study the latest and best Unmanned Aerial systems and vehicles on offer. His research and hands on experience with so many UAV’s and systems places him at the top of his field when it comes to assessing the right vehicle and application for any requirement in the field. He is at present heading up a project to assist several government departments with an Australian trial that will introduce them to a state of the art Unmanned Aerial System never before seen in Australia. His ability to analyse data and intelligence received from deployments is second to none. Peter specialises in power line inspections, video surveillance, tower or high rise structure inspections, agricultural applications, ocean and coastal dynamics, wildlife habitats, vegetation and land management, disaster management or sports events.