Civil law enforcements want flying robots, aka DRONES, in the sky watching YOU! Will be equipped with infrared cameras!

Ive seen the ones that look like Dragonflies before. It was all black and I got close enough to it to see the Robotic parts

Never swat at one or catch one cause it is the property of the USA Government and youll get a knock on the door asking for it back.

Seems that things are pretty bad when USA Today has an article about it, looks like the comments are negative there...wow.

I have seen what looks like a predator fly right over the busiest intersection in a large west coast city at rush hour. It was flying in tight formation alongside what looked like a cessna. This was in the summer of 2010. Is anyone here surprised? Doubt it...

They are watching...

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The Patriot Act. For the Children.

That wold be stupid on their part. Too many tech nerds in this country that will figure out how to knock down and disable them...even if with a slingshot. Then you have 1000's of youtube posts on how to take them down....not exactly good info for enemy...

You know, I don't mind cameras in public or whatever....you shouldn't be worried if you aren't doing anything wrong....but if I open my window to see a drone checking me out that shit is going down. Perverted drones not allowed, unless they tip.

I have seen about three of them so far now in FL when out and about. They are really hard to spot because the ones around here are white.

Yeah, trying to spot 'whites' in Florida is pretty tough...

Drones could come in handy in a search that is for sure but, should be used for that purpose only ie. emergencies. Its a slippery slope my friend and a way to normalize the beginning of a military state. Jeremy Benthem wrote about the implications of what he termed the panoptigon by warning that constant watch without knowing it works to control a population by obtaining power of mind over mind. Making you docile.

I always look up, raise both arms, flip 'em the bird with both hands.

target practice

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Ogden, Utah police first-in-nation to use surveillance blimp
Published 23 September, 2011

The police chief in Ogden, Utah, said the city could launch a surveillance blimp by Christmas as part of the city’s crime-fighting efforts.

The 54-foot-long craft will be equipped multiple cameras and operated by pilots via remote control. It would run for five to seven hours at a time at an altitude of around 400 feet.

That's no problem, I'll just hand them back the thing in a little zip lock baggie smashed in a million tiny pieces.

already in service in Florida for over a year.

Those of you who have played the game know what I'm talking about. You know, the small UAV's wondering through the buildings and outside, keeping an eye on you at all time, taking pictures, alerting the authorities towards your location when you break the law... You got the idea. Well, as it turns out, the game developers were not so far from reality as thought. Such a spy in the sky could be used by the police of Miami in the near future, to fight against crime.

The Micro Air Vehicle has been developed by Honeywell International, is capable of flying without human pilot input and is equipped with optic and infrared sensors with which it can keep an eye on crime from above the streets of Florida. The 6.3 kilograms Honeywell MAV has been chosen
by the Miami-Dade Police Department for its unique tactical capabilities, however it still needs the approval of the Federal Aviation Administration before it would patrol the streets of Miami.

Spokesperson of the Miami-Dade Police Department Juan Villalba said: "Our intentions are to use it only in tactical situations as an extra set of eyes. We intend to use this to benefit us in carrying out our mission." Because it is so small, the MAV can be easily packed into a backpack and launched immediately into the air when needed to help SWAT teams in evaluation in hostage taking situations, for example.

But the Miami police department is not the only one making use of MAVs. The US Army has been using them in conflict zones for years. Following the initiative of the Miami police department, now law enforcement agencies all across the US believe that MAVs should become one of the primary tools in domestic crime fighting situations.

The MAV is part of the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle branch, or UAV, of flying vehicles, which have been developed into the US ever since the 1970s. CIA for example, is credited for the built of the first dragonfly-sized UAV, the 'Interceptor', a spy vehicle controlled by laser, while the first ever UAVs were the developed by Austrians in 1849 to bomb the Italian city of Venice.

"The FBI is experimenting with a variety of unmanned aerial vehicles. At this point they have been used mainly for search and rescue missions. It certainly is an up-and-coming technology and the FBO is researching additional uses for UAVs," said assistant director of the bureau's Operational Technology Division, Marcus Thomas.

Privacy issues

Additionally, the US government has been using UAVs since 2006 to monitor several of its borders and will most likely start to use modified Predator B drones in the near future. On the other hand, the use of drones to monitor crime in cities could pose some privacy issues. Imagine such a device spying on you, in your own house without you ever breaking the law.

Thus, flight clearance must be approved by both governmental and civilian agencies. "We had interest from dozens of law enforcement agencies. The FAA are preventing a bunch of small companies such as ours from becoming profitable," said Billy Robinson, chief executive of Cyber Defence Systems Inc. Cyber Defence Systems, had been testing with the Palm Bay police a 3.6 kilogram UAV, when the FAA intervened and restricted it from flight.

"There's been controversies all around about putting up surveillance cameras in public areas. Technological developments can be used by law enforcement in a way that enhances public safety. But every enhanced technology also contains a threat for further erosion of privacy," said Florida director of the American Civil Liberties Union, Howard Simon.

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damn.. no more peeing in the alley after a big night out....

"eye in the sky... we're watching you... watching your every move"... lalalal.... finally came true.. welcome in the NWO.....

less expensive and more available than a satelitte that can read your number plate....

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Yeah, but you do realise you could get 1 and then watch them watching you or watching them breaking the law and recording it, i bet their use will get curtailed for ordinary civilians yet the police will be able ti use them to their hearts content

last I heard
drones don't react well to bullets
or maybe that was false info.

let me check the sands of Iran
and Afghan ...... hmmmmmm

yep, they don't react well to bullets.

Time for everyone to start carrying umbrellas at all times. The more complicated the technology, the easier it is to diffuse it...

Talk about synchronicity............I just read this thread a couple of hours ago. Then, I was talking with my husband a little while later. He had his back to the kitchen window and I saw one fly right over our back yard. I jumped up and said "What the hell kind of plane is THAT?" And my husband, looking confused said, "that's a drone."

So I pulled up this thread for him to read.

I saw one the other day with my son when we were out for a walk and we live in the middle of nowhere.

I live in Missouri. Not in the middle of nowhere, a fair distance from the city and counties of St. Louis.

Do you even believe the loads of bullshit you constantly post?

Just great, I won't be able to scratch my butt in privacy.

my point being why would they be lurking the skies of rural michigan?

One of those green laser pointers will disable that infrared camera for about 20 minutes. Just saying.