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?
Re:Helicopters (Score:4, Interesting)
Even though they are 150k each, you can buy 10-20 for the price of 1 helicopter. Not to mention cheaper operations and easier to train a drone pilot than a real one.
Black Helicopters! Tinfoil! GUBBERMINT SPIEZ! (Score:4, Interesting)
But on the plus side, if you shoot at a police helicopter spying on you sans warrant with a