Posted on 12/06/2020 10:54:29 AM PST by BenLurkin
Each day, the Chula Vista police respond to as many as 15 emergency calls with a drone, launching more than 4,100 flights since the program began two years ago.
But the latest drone technology...has the power to transform everyday policing... Rather than spending tens of millions of dollars on large helicopters and pilots, even small police forces could operate tiny autonomous drones for a relative pittance.
Government regulations require that a certified pilot remain on the roof of the Police Department, overseeing the launch and, together with a police officer at a command station inside the building, handling most of the flying once the drone reaches its destination.
F.A.A. regulations aimed at protecting the flights of commercial planes and other aircraft prevent drones from being flown beyond the line of sight of their operators. But Chula Vista obtained a waiver from the F.A.A., so the pilot and officer can fly the drone as much as three miles from its launch site
Each drone — including long-distance cameras, other sensors and software — costs the department about $35,000. But the overriding cost of the program lies in the many officers needed to operate the drones.
On another recent afternoon, when the Chula Vista police were alerted to a car turned upside down in an empty riverbed, they sent a new kind of drone into the ravine. Built by Skydio, a Silicon Valley company, it could avoid obstacles on its own thanks to many of the same technologies used by self-driving cars.
Shield AI, a start-up in San Diego that has worked with police departments, has developed a drone that can fly into a building and inspect the length and breadth of the premises on its own, with no pilot, in the dark as well as in daylight.
(Excerpt) Read more at dnyuz.com ...
Horrible news.
(BANG) Freeze!
I, Robot
Anyone want to place a bet on how long until these things are fitted with firearms and tasers?
LOL
ROFL!
LOL
Still ROFL!
DRONES - Death from above.
♪ I am the eye in the sky, looking at you
Can you imagine if newsome had these on Thanksgiving?
(Drone): “Hmmm. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, Many — TOO MANY PEOPLE IN ONE ROOM! ATTACK!!!”
Each drone — including long-distance cameras, other sensors and software — costs the department about $35,000.
They are being robbed.
Just remember, very few drones can operate past rifle range of their operator.
I say we hit back with swarming drones...
Skynet, anyone?
Data? Data is that you?
LOL!!!!
No, no...costing US..you and me, the taxpayer...the ones who no longer have a representative form of government.
Skynet.
lol... Im’ stealin it!
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