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it use to be that there was law on the books that military cannot pass on military training and technology to local law enforcement..see Waco.. When did this c
by shareme 16y ago
it use to be that there was law on the books that military cannot pass on military training and technology to local law enforcement..see Waco..
When did this change?
- artmageddon 16y agoNot too recently, it seems, as this link shows: http://www.examiner.com/page-one-in-houston/police-line-up-to-use-drones-on-patrol-after-houston-secret-test http://www.examiner.com/page-one-in-houston/police-line-up-t... I wasn't on Hacker News at the time(I'm on here now just as much as I've been on Reddit) but I could only imagine the storm it created. There was also a more recent incident of a Mexican UAV crashing across the border into El Paso, TX: http://www.policemag.com/Channel/Vehicles/News/2010/12/18/Mexican-Drone-Crashes-In-El-Paso-Backyard.aspx http://www.policemag.com/Channel/Vehicles/News/2010/12/18/Me... I don't know if I'm more freaked out at the possibility of seeing dozens of these flying around at any given time in the future, or the fact that I won't be able to see even a single one at any given time, knowing it could be observing innocent civilians for no good reason.