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The FBI and DEA (at least) already use drones. Personally, from a law enforcement perspective I don't see the big difference between drones and manned aircraft
by gozur88 11y ago
The FBI and DEA (at least) already use drones.
Personally, from a law enforcement perspective I don't see the big difference between drones and manned aircraft. What really matters is what kind of sensors are on the aircraft and what they do with the data.
- __jal 11y agoI see a difference. Not today, because military drones (as far as I know) are still human-piloted. But that won't last. And then... It is the same difference as exists between automatic license plate readers and people standing on a corner with a pad and paper. I realize that a certain mindset (active in legal circles, but not exclusively so) that doesn't see that capabilities end up swallowing the original tradeoffs in some contexts. Put a different way, you're right. There's no capability difference. Lower cost and automation will simply allow much, much more of the same. Like how automatic weapons offer no capability difference over a single shot rifle - they just do the same thing faster. Hm...
- gozur88 11y agoMaybe eventually. Right now it's still cheaper to put a guy up there in a Cessna.