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NYPD to use drones to monitor backyard parties over Labor Day weekend, sparking privacy concerns
Fox news ^ | 09/02/2023 | Landon Mion

Posted on 09/02/2023 10:50:19 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

The New York City Police Department announced plans to fly surveillance drones over the city this Labor Day weekend to monitor outdoor parties or barbecues following complaints about large gatherings.

The decision was revealed during a security briefing addressing J’ouvert, an annual Caribbean festival marking the end of slavery in which thousands of people take to the streets of Brooklyn.

Assistant NYPD Commissioner Kaz Daughtry said at a press conference Thursday that the drones will respond to "non-priority and priority calls."

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; US: New York
KEYWORDS: drones; monitor; nypd; parties
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To: SkyDancer

Non-lethal rock salt loads do not react well to spinning blades.


21 posted on 09/02/2023 1:25:26 PM PDT by ro_dreaming (Who knew "Idiocracy", "1984", "Enemy of the State", and "Person of Interest" would be non-fiction?)
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To: Tench_Coxe

Interesting

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22 posted on 09/02/2023 1:25:49 PM PDT by SauronOfMordor (Either you will rule. Or you will be ruled. There is no other choice.)
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To: ro_dreaming

Thinking more of #4 12ga shot. I can handle that.


23 posted on 09/02/2023 1:52:04 PM PDT by SkyDancer (If At First You Don't Suceed, Well So Much For Skydiving ~)
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To: Allegra

There are laws against flying drones over groups of people, but laws only apply to us regular folks.


24 posted on 09/02/2023 2:24:49 PM PDT by cabojoe ( 🇺🇸 Stop Ukie censorship. Release Gonzalo Lira)
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To: cabojoe

I mean laws about gathering in backyards for cookouts, parties, etc. What violations exactly are these unconstitutional drones looking for?

I’ll be at a backyard pool cookout tomorrow afternoon/evening. I have a feeling that if some drone were to fly over, snooping on us, it would end up on the ground in the backyard with us.

We are, after all, Texans.


25 posted on 09/02/2023 4:16:43 PM PDT by Allegra (Stop the Zeepers from Censoring FReepers)
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To: SkyDancer

Birdshot works, but with salt loads you won’t accidentally kill/hurt anyone when it comes back down.


26 posted on 09/03/2023 1:41:11 PM PDT by ro_dreaming (Who knew "Idiocracy", "1984", "Enemy of the State", and "Person of Interest" would be non-fiction?)
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To: ro_dreaming

Make sense.


27 posted on 09/03/2023 5:18:31 PM PDT by SkyDancer (If At First You Don't Suceed, Well So Much For Skydiving ~)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

1984 come to life?

This past week relatives and friends throughout the N Bay Area (SF) reported hearing what sounded like big drones overhead and out of sight due to Coastal clouds over their homes.

This morning my wife/I and a couple of fellow walkers heard what could have been a large drone over our morning cloud cover.

We never saw the drone or whatever. We could hear a fairly large ICE engine during the flyover.

One fellow walker’s dog refused to come up our street while whatever was overhead. As the unseen drone/? passed over and headed east.

Comcast will be doing major updating in our area tomorrow from 6 am to ???.

They advised us that we could be with out internet and their phone service tomorrow.


28 posted on 09/05/2023 12:29:00 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (Georgia just crystallized Trump’s caympaign with a copyright-free image winning him nomination!)agee)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Quiet, PCP air rifles will bring down that threat.....


29 posted on 09/05/2023 12:31:10 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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