Closer look at the police drones coming soon to a city near you
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Uploaded by PlanetEarthAwakens01 on Nov 1, 2011
A Houston area law enforcement agency is prepared to launch an unmanned drone that could someday carry weapons, Local 2 Investigates reported Friday.
The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office in Conroe paid $300,000 in federal homeland security grant money and Friday it received the ShadowHawk unmanned helicopter made by Vanguard Defense Industries of Spring.
A laptop computer is used to control the 50-pound unmanned chopper, and a game-like console is used to aim and zoom a powerful camera and infrared heat-seeking device mounted on the front.
"To be in on the ground floor of this is pretty exciting for us here in Montgomery County," Sheriff Tommy Gage said.
He said the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) could be used in hunting criminals who are running from police or assessing a scene where SWAT team officers are facing an active shooter.
Gage said it will also be deployed for criminal investigations such as drug shipments.
"We're not going to use it to be invading somebody's privacy. It'll be used for situations we have with criminals," Gage said.
http://www.click2houston.com/news/29619788/detail.html
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I wonder if a radio control used for RC helicopters would work on these things? You could theoretically just turn yours on if you saw one of these, find the channel, and wreck one.
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2:25 "Its all about keeping his officers safe." Yeah...fuck the people, after all, the people are your enemy. Lets keep the bacon safe though...
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1:24 What the fuck did that dumb ass hillbilly just say?
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Tax payer money down the gutter if you ask me.
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"are they keeping you safe"..
LMFAO!
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@LPA1 Wow, you really have no feel for ethics in any way shape or form. I you don't like it leave the country....WTF. You really are a tool, it's just embarassing to a country to have guys like you vote. You have no sence whatsoever.
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PIG DRONES
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Whoa. Hot newscaster.
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@LPA1 like we really have the freedom to leave! What a tool you are!
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@rudeboys28712 i agree! i have the tool to bring it down.. the name is AK-47! lol
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if it is radio controlled, it can be brought down, with the right electronics.
rudeboys28712 3 months ago 11
great...just what these trigger happy boy scouts need...a fucking drone with a video game controller
Try2MakeSenseOrSTFU 3 months ago 10