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If they had a helicopter that could detect infrared, which indeed sufficed to find him under the boat, why wasn't that already deployed to look into shed, boats
by CurtMonash 14y ago
If they had a helicopter that could detect infrared, which indeed sufficed to find him under the boat, why wasn't that already deployed to look into shed, boats, etc. around the neighborhood? (Including outside the main perimeter.)
I doubt the reason was 4th Amendment scruples.
- krapp 14y agoWho says it wasn't? Having infrared and having it be easy to find someone who doesn't want to be found with it in an urban environment are different things.
- fnordfnordfnord 14y agoI think you'd need to equip the helicopter with precision grid-flying software/hardware such as is in SAR aircraft and Crop Dusters. FLIR can indeed see "through" some things, but the successful FLIR uses that you see on youtube and TV are usually cases where the pilot has a very small area to search. A comprehensive search of more than a few blocks would need multiple craft and lots of fuel. I agree that the authorities seem to lack awareness of the Bill of Rights.
- CurtMonash 14y agoI wasn't suggesting an exhaustive search of, say, a 20-100 block area. I was suggesting a search of a prioritized list -- initially based on visual examination of aerial photographs -- of sheds, boats, and other simple structures in the area.