Arming Police Drones with Rubber Bullets and Tear Gas

May 23rd, 2012

Via: CBS:

With the use of domestic drones increasing, concern has not just come up over privacy issues, but also over the potential use of lethal force by the unmanned aircraft.

Drones have been used overseas to target and kill high-level terror leaders and are also being used along the U.S.-Mexico border in the battle against illegal immigration. But now, these drones are starting to be used domestically at an increasing rate.

The Federal Aviation Administration has allowed several police departments to use drones across the U.S. They are controlled from a remote location and use infrared sensors and high-resolution cameras.

Chief Deputy Randy McDaniel of the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office in Texas told The Daily that his department is considering using rubber bullets and tear gas on its drone.

“Those are things that law enforcement utilizes day in and day out and in certain situations it might be advantageous to have this type of system on the UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle),” McDaniel told The Daily.

One Response to “Arming Police Drones with Rubber Bullets and Tear Gas”

  1. RobertS says:

    Back in ’85 I enjoyed The Terminator immensely. I didn’t think I would live to see the days of HK units prowling the streets, or that people would be so stupid as to allow it to occur, and yet here they are.

    Some of the time I agree with an old friend of mine who upon reading in the newspaper about a naked man walking in the street with a machete in one hand and the severed head of his girlfriend in the other, said “Drop the bomb, the roaches deserve better than this.”

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