With a handful of American police departments now using drones as first responders, some officers see them as a “de-escalation strategy”
in the skies above American cities: according to the Electronic Frontier Foundation , a non-profit that tracks police technology, almost 1,200 forces now have them. Many are used for specialised tasks like crime-scene documentation or reconnaissance during armed stand-offs. But Brookhaven is one of only 16 American police departments using drones as first responders. Whenever a 911 call comes in, or an officer radios for back-up, they send out a copter.
He monitored the suspects for several minutes while a patrol officer in a squad car made his way towards the scene. Ayana saw the men standing beside their. He saw them chatting, maybe exchanging a few jokes. But what he didn’t see them do was smoke – not so much as a cigarette. Advocates of police drones often tout dramatic stories – armed robbers apprehended after being filmed on the run, stolen cars followed down the freeway – but the vast majority of flights are mundane
Advocates of police drones often tout dramatic stories – armed robbers apprehended after being filmed on the run, stolen cars followed down the freeway – but the vast majority of flights are mundane. This morning’s sortie was a case in point. An officer had stopped a redwith an expired number plate. Despite the banality of the misdemeanour, Murray started scanning for possible threats.
For every scheme like Brookhaven’s, there are several less careful ones springing up. Given the paucity of federal or state regulation governing how the police employ their drones, forces can make up their own rules – leading to what Dave Maass, director of investigations at the, calls a “Wild West” of police surveillance. In Beverly Hills, a glitzy enclave of Los Angeles, the police have a drone called “Hawkeye” that circles overhead seven days a week.
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