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Sounds like a good way for criminals to find illegal grow ops.
by nickhalfasleep 7y ago
Sounds like a good way for criminals to find illegal grow ops.
- avs733 7y agoor legal ones for that matter. I don't think they care about the legality of those they are robbing all that much.
- mistersquid 7y ago> I don't think they care about the legality of those they are robbing all that much. People robbed of illegal property usually do not report such losses to the authorities.
- avs733 7y agobut they also would seem to be less likely to have insurance and more likely, as a result, to guard their property with some level of force?
- openthc 7y agoAll cannabis farms I've seen (n>500) have insurance, expensive policy but they still have it. And they are obligated by state law to report any theft
- callalex 7y agoavs is talking about less-than-legal operations which are more likely and incentivized to use less-than legal force to guard their operation.
- pathseeker 7y agoWell then those aren't exactly illegal crops are they? >People robbed of illegal property usually do not report such losses to the authorities.
- cronix 7y agoWhy do you assume it's illegal though? They have legal cannabis in Colorado.
- openthc 7y agoAlmost 10 IIRC. Illinois goes rec on Jan 1st
- dragonwriter 7y ago> Why do you assume it's illegal though? Because growing, selling, and possessing cannabis is illegal under US federal law, and if you are a organizer, manager, or supervisor deriving substantial income from such an operation conducted with 5 or more other individuals, you can be charged wih a felony with a 20-year mandatory minimum sentence for a first offense, and if the operation handles enough product or makes enough money, the minimum sentence moves up to life without possibility of parole. There's a current federal law that prohibits initiating prosecutions for cannabis operations that are permitted under state-level medical marijuana laws, but that doesn't negate the offense, it just means any charges that would be covered by the prohibition (which violations not strictly with medical marijuana laws.are technically not) are delayed as long as the policy is in effect. > They have legal cannabis in Colorado. No, they have a situation in which some cannabis trade is prohibited by only one of the two applicable sovereigns.
- openthc 7y agoLegal ones have a business license, with address on file with the state. No need for drones to find them
- TomMckenny 7y agoI know neither farming nor IR technology so let me ask: is there really publicly available technology that allows a person to identify a crop at a few hundred feet at those speeds in the dark from a drone?
- TeMPOraL 7y agoIf it's an indoor grow, then the tried and true method is to look for unusual heat sources. E.g. a house with a roof that's bright in IR, where all the neighboring roofs are dark. If it's an outdoor grow, I have no idea.
- gerbler 7y agoWith satellite remote-sensing (for example Landsat) it was designed to identify different types of vegetation using wave-lengths, including ones not visible to the human eye. I imagine if you're much closer it could be possible to identify plant-types.
- twic 7y agoDoes this still work now that we have LED lights?