The department has been using drones since 2019, but those had to be operated by officers already at the scene of the emergency.
Now, the department will be flying a new type of drone that can be controlled from inside its headquarters, and they can be launched within seconds of a 911 call coming in.
Oh. those flying kinda drones. At first, I thought they were referring to obese, middle aged, pink haired, liberal social workers.
ReplyDeleteYour son got a job??
DeleteInteresting. Now, flash forward 20 years (or so) and imagine a Ferguson-style or St. Floyd of Fentanyl riot, but with ARMED drones. You know it's coming. If they don't have it already designed, planned and programmed for budget, I'd be low key disappointed in them. This sort of dystopian hell is always on the drawing board. Think of just how AmAzInGlY the powers that be could have handled Waco, Ruby Ridge, that Bundy situation... and much, much moar! Wasn't there a scene in the book Fahrenheit 451 where the main character was running from a drone/robo-dog that was trying to subdue him with some sedative or something?
ReplyDeleteThe military already uses them.
DeleteHellfire missiles. 1 would be more than enough for one jogger.
Deletesliding down the slippery slope
ReplyDeleteWhy doesn't the drone pilot just answer the 911 call instead?
ReplyDeleteOur local PD has those. Kinda strange to see it hauling ass across town, outrunning the cruisers.
ReplyDeleteOk but I am not sure what a drone can do if I am being attacked, take a photo, I'm just not sure about drones
ReplyDeleteDrop some crime scene tape and chalk, maybe?
DeleteBetter practice than clay pigeons.
ReplyDeleteBa carful. It's likely considered a "mechanized officer of the law".
DeleteBut that begs the question: how would they swear it in?
The same way they swear the dogs in.
DeleteAnd so we accelerate down the slide that ultimately leads to either the extinction of the human race by our robotic overlords as ridiculous and redundant, or to the Butlerian Jihad and complete ban on computers...
ReplyDeleteDo they swarm around donut shops? Will they knock before they break down my door? Will they kill my dog? Do they carry a badge? How will I know they are REAL police drones and not some hobby project from one of the neighbors?
ReplyDeleteThat town had one flashing light-controlled intersection and 8000 people when I moved there.
ReplyDeleteMan I love this blog and especially the comments from all the twisted fukked up sense of humour .. LOL .. Kenny , can you please put a like button in the comments ?
ReplyDeleteNot that anyone needs to know, but half a dozen fishing weights tied to half a dozen spools of fishing lines launched from a slingshot would be a great helping hand to a drone. Oh yeah, and fishing line shows up well on camera ;p
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So, the drone can take a picture of potential law breakers. Can it do anything to help the people there?
ReplyDeleteMaybe this is the future. With actual officers limited to harsh language and being good witnesses, their jobs will be outsourced to drones piloted by a guy in India.