DJ Smith

DJ Smith has worked in the area of Covert Technical/Tactical Surveillance for over 30 years and currently serves as a Senior Technical Surveillance Agent for the Virginia State Police.  A few areas of specialty are Covert Surreptitious Audio/Video deployments, Title III Intercepts, GPS Installs, Video-Audio Clarification, Technical Surveillance Counter Measures (TSCM), Mesh-Node Deployments, Surreptitious Lock Bypass & Safe Penetration including GSA locks & containers, Technical Response to Hostage/Barricade Situations, Cellular Tracking and Geo-locating (DF), and sUAS & Counter UAS deployment operations to name a few.

In the area of sUAS and Counter UAS Operations:

• Deputy Director for DroneResponders Public Safety UAS Alliance for CUAS.
• Served on the Federal Aviation Administration CUAS Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC).
• Served on the Virginia Safe and Secure Commonwealth Sub-Panel dealing with UAS/Counter UAS implementation and legislative issues for the Commonwealth of Virginia.
• 2024 Keynote Presenter on CUAS for SLTT at the World Police Summit in Dubai
• Currently he serves as an advisor to Congressional House & Senate Judicial committees on SLTT CUAS policy.
• Served as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) on various drone & CUAS technologies for the DHS CUAS PMO office.
• As a representative of the Virginia State Police, he is a stakeholder on the Mid-Atlantic UAS Partnership group (Google Wing) at Virginia Tech for Commercial/Enterprise UAS deliveries.
• He has served on the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate First Responder Robotic Operational System Test (FFROST) assessment & evaluations of sUAS for Public Safety.
• Served on the DHS Blue UAS assessment for SLTT public safety.
• He has presented and moderated discussions at: Government Business Executive Forum & Security Summit, Annual Norway Security Summit, Semi-Annual Counter UAS Summit in Washington DC, AUVSI Xponential, Commercial UAV Expo, Annual CUAS Systems Congress, Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation, and various agencies across the US & around the world.
• He also provides technical advice to various legislative groups in Washington, DC assisting in getting the legislative carve-outs for SLTT public safety agencies to obtain Advanced Detection and sUAS mitigation authority.
• International Association of Police Chiefs (IACP) Drone & CUAS policy advisor.
• He is also licensed part 107 pilot and has been flying sUAS for over 13 years.