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Wierd, Unknown Drone Photographed Hovering Over Oakland Neighborhoods
Reaganite Republican ^
| 12 February 2013
| Reaganite Republican
Posted on 02/12/2013 3:49:51 AM PST by Reaganite Republican
Isn't it neat living in a faceless, futuristic police state?
East Germany would have KILLED for just one of these things!
The primary suspect in this case would be the Oakland-area Alameda County Sheriff's Department, who recently released a statement
re. the department's (rapidly) evolving policy (-here-) regarding aerial drones, which they refer to in army-speak as an sUAS, or 'small Unmanned Aircraft System'...
Seems they're already rather-broadly approved within Alameda County for the following missions:
- Post-incident crime scene preservation and documentation
- Explosive ordinance disposal missions
- Response to hazardous materials spills
- Search and Rescue missions
- Public safety and life preservation missions to include barricaded suspects, hostage situations, active shooters, apprehension of armed and dangerous and/or violent fleeing suspects, and high-risk warrants
- Disaster response and recovery, to include natural and man-caused disasters incl. a full overview of a disaster area for post-incidental analysis and documentation
- Training missions as authorized by the Training Certificate of Authorization
- In response to specific requests from local, state, or federal fire authorities
- When there is probable cause to believe that (1) the sUAS will record images of a place, thing, condition, or event; and (2) that those images would be relevant in proving that a certain felony had occurred or is occurring, or that a particular person committed or is committing a certain felony and use of the sUAS does not infringe upon the reasonable expectation of privacy
- pursuant to a search warrant
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TOPICS: Government; Local News; Politics; Science
KEYWORDS: california; drones; police; uav
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To: Safetgiver
“Shadows against a clear blue sky? Probably photod against a blue table cloth. I call BS.”
Its real. I can’t find the link right now but you can buy those off the shelf. They are auto-piloted using built in GPS. Just tell it where to go using a computer interface and it flies itself to that point. It’s also programmable for fairly complex flight plans.
They come with options for cameras and other light payloads.
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posted on
02/12/2013 4:27:06 AM PST
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: Reaganite Republican
Six blades/motors - with a camera and the landing gear or skids...the number of blades allows smooth transition for the camera...a small portable UAV...or VTOL
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posted on
02/12/2013 4:27:46 AM PST
by
BCW
(http://babylonscovertwar.com/index.html)
To: SWAMPSNIPER; Jonty30
Since video cameras would be the first element of its payload, a duck load would identify the person who shot it down. However, I've got to believe that those cameras aren't looking up. The lack of hemispherical situational awareness of the operator is my chief argument against them being allowed to operate above 500 ft AGL. $50-60 will get you a sacrificial RC helo that could try to land on top of the offending voyeur ("Peeping Tom" for those of you in Rio Lindo). Not that I would ever do such a destructive thing, of course. Merely speculating what could happen.
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posted on
02/12/2013 4:31:19 AM PST
by
Pecos
(If more sane people carried guns, fewer crazies would get off a second shot.)
To: prisoner6; All
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posted on
02/12/2013 4:35:20 AM PST
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: driftdiver
Makes a person wonder if Moslems in the US already have some form of weaponized drones that could say carry a biological agent into a theme park or something.
Personally I would definitely address the issue of an anti-drone defense net in key locations, especially outside public events.
To: Reaganite Republican
To: Reaganite Republican
I can hear Ron Silver from the grave “Hey those are OUR drones now.”
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posted on
02/12/2013 4:36:22 AM PST
by
MomwithHope
(Buy and read Ameritopia by Mark Levin!)
To: Reaganite Republican
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posted on
02/12/2013 4:38:37 AM PST
by
DocRock
(All they that TAKE the sword shall perish with the sword. Matthew 26:52 Gun grabbers beware.)
To: Pecos
How about a small acoustic drone that homes in on the sound of a small UAV and crashes into it, or drags a tough filament into its rotors?
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posted on
02/12/2013 4:40:36 AM PST
by
Travis McGee
(www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
To: MomwithHope
I can hear Ron Silver from the grave Hey those are OUR drones now. Ron became one of the good guys after 9/11 he had an epiphany of sorts.
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posted on
02/12/2013 4:41:16 AM PST
by
dfwgator
To: Reaganite Republican
“I am perpetual/I keep the country clean.”
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posted on
02/12/2013 4:42:23 AM PST
by
dfwgator
To: Little Pig
Those are almost certainly antennae on the bottom of that thing.
No, they're landing struts, like the legs on a regular helicopter.
It's about 4 ft. across so it really isn't that small.......
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posted on
02/12/2013 4:44:37 AM PST
by
Hot Tabasco
(Jab her with a harpoon or just throw her from the train......)
To: Reaganite Republican
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posted on
02/12/2013 4:46:28 AM PST
by
JohnnyP
To: Little Pig
I dunno, they look like they are landing rails to set down on to me. Although, they could have antenna built into them.
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posted on
02/12/2013 4:48:34 AM PST
by
Mechanicos
(When did we amend the Constitution for a 2nd Federal Prohibition?)
To: Pecos
Let’s go gor RC missiles - that will solve the problem.
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posted on
02/12/2013 4:52:51 AM PST
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
To: Reaganite Republican
If I were to get something like this and just have it hovering over say ... police headquarters or a federal building or maybe the neighborhood of some high profile politician how long would it take the laws to get changed?
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posted on
02/12/2013 4:54:53 AM PST
by
Pan_Yan
To: Hot Tabasco
Doesn’t appear to be armored... just sayin’...
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posted on
02/12/2013 4:55:18 AM PST
by
Oberon
(Big Brutha Be Watchin'.)
To: Reaganite Republican
Well, that took all of 5 minutes to find one of these for sale:
Dji S800. Pricey( $6559), but there's a stripped down version at $1900.
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posted on
02/12/2013 4:56:43 AM PST
by
Riflema
To: SWAMPSNIPER
Any good duck load will be sufficient!I used to be pretty good at tossing playing cards across the room into the basket. And flicking bottle caps, too. Maybe I should sharpen back up. (No law against those - yet).
I might not be able to hit a hi-flyer, but if they start sending them within reach.....
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posted on
02/12/2013 4:58:00 AM PST
by
P.O.E.
(Pray for America)
To: Reaganite Republican
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posted on
02/12/2013 5:14:45 AM PST
by
ronnie raygun
(Lexington and Concord Americans experience thier first gun grab attempt)
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