Seattle Police Ending Its Unmanned Drone Program | |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 24028110 United States 02/07/2013 07:57 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Probably had to do more with increased costs associated with operating and maintaining the drones. More technical personnel, more parts, labor & storage/hanger fees (not to mention other costs such as paying for new employees to get benefits, retirement, etc). Still, very good news. |
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deanoZXT (OP) User ID: 1287631 United States 02/07/2013 11:49 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Later this afternoon, Mayor Mike McGinn will announce that he is grounding the Seattle Police Department's controversial drone program and returning the two remotely controlled planes to the vendor, according to sources at City Hall who asked not to be named. "The mayor and chief had a conversation and agreed it was time to end the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle program," one of the sources tells us. "It had become a distraction to the two things the department is working hard on, general public safety and community-building work." -Everything's more awesome when you lean into it. |