Sooner or later someone will make one cheap enough for police forces to buy. We ought to put some thought into whether that is going to be a good thing in the l

Sooner or later someone will make one cheap enough for police forces to buy. We ought to put some thought into whether that is going to be a good thing in the long run. On the plus side: - faster response to 911 calls, since UAVs can avoid traffic, and if cheap enough, they could be salted about the place in a powered off state. - less need for police to risk their lives, and consequently better policing of gang-ridden areas. On the minus side: - police become (even more) disconnected from the general public, potentially developing a culture of impunity - spread of surveillance - risk of abuse - risk of (black hat) hacking