In the months ahead, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department will test an unmanned, remote-controlled surveillance plane. If deputies want a bird’s-eye view of a standoff, they might scramble the unmanned drone instead of a helicopter to get a closer, quieter look. Within minutes, real-time color video would be streamed to a portable computer system manned by an officer 250 feet (76 meters) below.
What do you guys think of this? Some worry that it's a privacy breach, but the LAPD assures people that helicopters have the same capabilities as this thing.
Either way, this is something straight out of a sci-fi movie it seems.
What do you guys think of this? Some worry that it's a privacy breach, but the LAPD assures people that helicopters have the same capabilities as this thing.
Either way, this is something straight out of a sci-fi movie it seems.
