4 ms·
One of the most important roles for drones is fully independent observation of police that is very difficult to physically disrupt. If independent, amateur, vo
by jMyles 8y ago
One of the most important roles for drones is fully independent observation of police that is very difficult to physically disrupt.
If independent, amateur, volunteer drone operators begin to observe nearly every outdoor police encounter in the United States, without the police being physically able to stop it, that alone will be a big enough victory to justify many of the side effects.
Let's ensure that observation of government agents, whether at a traffic stop or a huge gathering, becomes a regular, legal, celebrated practice.
Nobody stands to benefit more from this than honest, integral police officers who live in fear of reporting their less savory colleagues.
- vkou 8y agoI think a bigger concern is that the police will use drones to conduct ubiquitous surveillance.
- leetcrew 8y agothe FBI already does stuff like this with little cessnas, albeit not at scale. [0] [0] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jun/02/fbi-surveillance-government-planes-cities https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jun/02/fbi-surveill...
- flyinglizard 8y agoNot that I'm advocating against police transparency, but just imagine what it would be like to livestream your work computer screen to the entire world. It sounds quite stressful.
- krapp 8y ago>It sounds quite stressful. The price they pay for the privilege of enforcing the state's monopoly on violence should be some lack of an expectation of privacy due to public scrutiny, that only seems fair.
- drb91 8y ago> It sounds quite stressful. So does being shot by police.
- jMyles 8y agoMore stressful than having colleagues whose power has corrupted them and knowing that nobody will believe you (or worse, that you'll be the target of reprisal) if you report them? I think that taking the reporting part of police abuse out of the hands of police (ie, by ensuring that bodycams are a secondary viewport, while overhead observation by ordinary, independent persons is primary) will make the job less stressful, not more.