Seattle Police Want More Drones, Even While Two Sit Unused 144
v3rgEz writes "The Seattle Police Department is seeking to buy more unmanned aerial vehicles (a.k.a. drones) even as the two it currently owns site warehoused until the city develops a policy for their use, documents released as part of the EFF and MuckRock's Drone Census show. More frightening than the $150,000 price tag? The fact that the drone vendors market the fact that these lease agreements do 'not require voter approval.'" Does your city or town use drones?
Does your city or town use drones? (Score:5, Funny)
Why, yes, almost the entire population is one. The politician needs drones to win an election. Drones that don't ask embarrassing questions and just accept the party line are best.
sounds legit (Score:1, Funny)
My wife has a vagina that goes unused but^H^H^Hso I'd like a couple more to play with. What's the issue here?
Re:sounds legit (Score:4, Funny)
If I was suffering from micropenis, I would keep my mouth shut.
If you were suffering from micropenis, your mouth might be the only other thing you have to offer...
City or Town Drones (Score:3, Funny)
Local records office is full of them. Went there to submit house plans and though I had a go, I found I lacked the skills to even manipulate one to the counter. They seemed to be aimless and uncontrollable which is probably why the local authority had them stored in the one building. I am fairly sure that 150k would be a bargain for a new one. A lot of these were older models and possibly cost as much as that to maintain annually. Fully autonomous advanced models for their day though, so I left fervently hoping that the powers would let them all loose soon during a value-for-money drive.
And Yet Mysteriously.... (Score:4, Funny)
... property taxes alone on an American are higher than the annual living wage in many countries. How this can be defies explanation!
Re:Helicopters (Score:2, Funny)
Only if they cry 'Havoc!'