Seattle cancels police drone program after outcry over privacy issues

[jeepster09]

Wow.....those would be fun to shoot down....OR send up another one and engage it in a "dogfight" :59: Send the Mad Russian after it with his "quadrotor" See clip below....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNPJMk2fgJU

[wyntrout]

A "cheap" ~$200 RC plane to chase it down and ram it would be neat!

Wynn

[ltxi]

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013...privacy-issues

"Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn said Thursday that he and Police Chief John Diaz decided to cancel the use of two unmanned helicopters to better focus on maintaining the public's trust."

Wait, that implies that they HAVE our trust to begin with. Which they do not.

Them there things don't work here in Colorado. The air's too thin.

[Bawanna]

Serious? There's truth that whole Rocky Mountain High thing huh?

I still miss ole John Denver, many of my friends thought he was a dweeb but dang it I liked the guy.

[ltxi]

Serious? There's truth that whole Rocky Mountain High thing huh?

I still miss ole John Denver, many of my friends thought he was a dweeb but dang it I liked the guy.

Nah....they'll fly. But they should make for easier targets.

I liked John Denver even long before I moved here 20 years ago. Thirty plus years of global adult drifting before that and you couldn't pry me/us out of here with a winning lottery ticket and a trunkful of C4.

[yqtszhj]

I'm seeing and participating in the hardening of homes into fortresses because the enemy is at the gate and they aren't wearing blue. Our crime problem driven by gangs is out of control and we are reducing the number of street cops.

Come on over to my part of the country and neighborhood if you don't mind heat and a bit of humidity in the summer. There is a nice house for sale 2 doors down and it's gotta be cheaper than CA.

They haven't cut out police force and they hang out at the high school to make sure there is no problems. There is not a gang problem in my town either. We usually take care of any problem before the police arrive, they say thanks, and I'll even help you move in.

Of course people will talk bad about you if you move to the southeast but that's OK because they don't know how it really is here, and we like it that way because we don't want people with any attitudes moving here anyway.

[wyntrout]

It ain't a toy if it gets you the intelligence to defeat an ambush or get the drop on an enemy. Of course, the gub'mint pays more for a $200 RC plane with a video transmitter. They don't mind because it isn't their money... it's YOURS!

The military can pull one of these cheapies out of their backpack and check what's waiting for them around the next bend, bunch of trees, or whatever. Lives cost a LOT more!

Wynn

[Scoundrel]

It ain't a toy if it gets you the intelligence to defeat an ambush or get the drop on an enemy. Of course, the gub'mint pays more for a $200 RC plane with a video transmitter. They don't mind because it isn't their money... it's YOURS!

The military can pull one of these cheapies out of their backpack and check what's waiting for them around the next bend, bunch of trees, or whatever. Lives cost a LOT more!

Wynn

I am reminded of the toy RC truck the guys in Iraq were using to check for IEDs. That was a great scenario.