SEATTLE - A plan by Seattle police to send aloft miniature robot drones equipped with stealth spy cameras has been grounded, following heated criticism of the project by residents concerned about privacy rights, the mayor ...
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Hmmmm....cheap drones or expensive choppers....?
Christopher Bedel's comment,
February 19, 2:28 PM
I really see no use for drones in relation to public privacy other than for spying on people to see what they are doing. If they want to use it for a 3-D view of a crime scene after the fact and for evidence purposes, I can understand that. But how much crime would these really prevent? Or how much could they help look for a missing person with a short flight time? It would also be more costly if more than one person has to operate it. With that kind of cost, is the department really saving money? In my opinion, I believe that it is better to have a real body out on the street working the scene. Also, a real body out there patrolling is a bigger deterrent to crime and a bigger help than a drone flying around.
Albert Svensson's comment,
February 21, 12:14 AM
I can understand the frustrations of the residents of Seattle and why they would not want these drones flying around their city. But I feel like it is step that needs to be taken to protect the people. Even though the technology may not be perfect and the flight time of only 15 min makes them unrealistic for long police chases but they would give the police and advantage when it comes to mapping crime scenes. I understand that we know have Google earth for situations like this but it would give a updated view of the area. As for privacy I doubt that the police are going to launch these things just to spy on the public. The drones could also be used to get a live feed of visual information if there was a hostage situation.
Rob Duke's comment,
February 28, 1:31 AM
One of my old partners works for an optics company that installs drone style optics on fixed wing airplanes to replace expensive choppers that require a pilot and an observer with only a pilot/observer. It may be that we need some experience with widespread use of these vehicles for some time before people get used to the idea of fixed wings versus choppers.
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