Police Launch Drones Over LA

Police Launch Drones Over LA 496

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Saturday June 17, 2006 @07:41PM from the eye-in-the-sky dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Yahoo! News is reporting that law enforcement officials have launched a new form of drone aircraft to patrol the skies above Los Angeles. From the article: 'Police say the drone, called the SkySeer, will be able to accomplish tasks too dangerous for officers and free up helicopters for other missions. "This technology could be used to find missing children, search for lost hikers, or survey a fire zone," said Commander Sid Heal, head of the Technology Exploration Project of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. "The ideal outcome for us is when this technology becomes instrumental in saving lives."'"

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Oh cool! (Score:5, Funny)

by Average_Joe_Sixpack ( 534373 ) writes: on Saturday June 17, 2006 @07:44PM (#15556445)

Just like HL2 ... gimme a gravity gun and I'll get rid of the lil' suckers

Or it could be used (Score:5, Funny)

by HighOrbit ( 631451 ) * writes: on Saturday June 17, 2006 @07:45PM (#15556449)

This technology could be used to find missing children, search for lost hikers, or survey a fire zone

Or it could be used to follow White Broncos

Re:Pretty Cool... (Score:2, Funny)

by ductonius ( 705942 ) writes: on Saturday June 17, 2006 @07:48PM (#15556461) Homepage

Why not? It would make "World's Wildest Police Chases" that much more entertaining.

Re:Pretty Cool... (Score:4, Funny)

by ceejayoz ( 567949 ) writes: <cj@ceejayoz.com> on Saturday June 17, 2006 @07:58PM (#15556505) Homepage Journal

World's Shortest Police Chases?

Re:Or it could be used (Score:4, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Saturday June 17, 2006 @08:34PM (#15556610)

Or simply to ensure everone is having sex in the missionary position. . .

"Great news chief, this town is free of anal sex!"

Let me be the first to say... (Score:1, Funny)

by cdrdude ( 904978 ) writes: on Saturday June 17, 2006 @09:01PM (#15556686) Journal

I, for one, welcome our new LAPD overlords.

Re:Oh cool! (Score:2, Funny)

by SnakeEater251 ( 872793 ) writes: on Saturday June 17, 2006 @09:08PM (#15556713) Homepage

You better hurry and destory 'em before they manage to take a picture of you though =).

Re:Useful Non-Karma Whoring Link (Score:2, Funny)

by Overfiend1976 ( 979710 ) writes: on Saturday June 17, 2006 @09:18PM (#15556731)

SkySeer? Is that manufactured by SkyNet?

Re:Maybe you ought to think about this... (Score:4, Funny)

by fishbowl ( 7759 ) writes: on Saturday June 17, 2006 @09:20PM (#15556737)

>...there's many more hot women walking around than there are crimes.

You've neve been to LA.

How very Dark Angel! (Score:2, Funny)

by aergern ( 127031 ) writes: on Saturday June 17, 2006 @09:21PM (#15556740)

But the question is.. where is Jessica Alba in this whole thing? :)

Too Dangerous? (Score:2, Funny)

by Bo'Bob'O ( 95398 ) writes: on Saturday June 17, 2006 @09:40PM (#15556774)

SkySeer, will be able to accomplish tasks too dangerous for officers and free up helicopters for other missions.

Wow, the situation in LA is a lot worse then I thought since apparently they are worried about helicopters being shot out of the sky.. I wonder when it was the Crypts picked up a surface to air missile?

Re:Oh cool! (Score:1, Funny)

by glassjaw rocks ( 793596 ) writes: <bkienzleNO@SPAMgmail.com> on Saturday June 17, 2006 @10:09PM (#15556864)

Who cares? You can just kill the police when they come.

Re:Pointing out the obvious (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Saturday June 17, 2006 @10:18PM (#15556885)

Try using a tin foil patio umberella.

Then when you ar not doing something illegal you can invert it and use it as a solar oven.

If all your neighbours have one then you may be able to build an anti-drone death ray.

Re:Oh cool! (Score:2, Funny)

by SnakeEater251 ( 872793 ) writes: on Saturday June 17, 2006 @10:21PM (#15556897) Homepage

But what if you don't have the super grav gun! Crowbar it is. =)

I'll lose my civil liberties... (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Saturday June 17, 2006 @10:42PM (#15556957)

... "When 'pigs' fly"

Sign me up (Score:2, Funny)

by ChopFooey ( 983336 ) writes: on Saturday June 17, 2006 @11:37PM (#15557102)

Did anyone even RTFA? The drone reached an altitude of 300ft and promptly took a nose dive into a thankfully vacant lot. Now suppose i'm a lost hiker or other nefarious sort on the lamb. Near silent and undetectable how pretty will that be when this android flap box jams me right in the face after losing comms. Give me a loud noisy helicopter any day at least i'll hear my doom approaching.

Picture (Score:5, Funny)

by The MAZZTer ( 911996 ) writes: <.moc.liamg. .ta. .tzzagem.> on Sunday June 18, 2006 @12:00AM (#15557153) Homepage

I found this picture of the prototype: http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:7SY6ib0nUY04 BM:battleteam.net/tech/fis/docs/images/halflife2_s canner2.png [google.com]

The real question is.... (Score:2, Funny)

by DustinB ( 220805 ) writes: on Sunday June 18, 2006 @12:16AM (#15557180) Homepage

... Does the NSA have a live feed into the drone's microphone?

Re:1984? (Score:3, Funny)

by Tablizer ( 95088 ) writes: on Sunday June 18, 2006 @01:33AM (#15557341) Journal

Some of the hot women might not care to be checked out by people they can't check out in return. Would you?

Women have no interest in checking me out. Putting a propeller on my head wouldn't change that fact.

Re:Pretty Cool... (Score:1, Funny)

by hackwrench ( 573697 ) writes: <hackwrench@hotmail.com> on Sunday June 18, 2006 @02:02AM (#15557386) Homepage Journal

Hmm... Now what would be really cool would be if they had some sort of computer network to coordinate these devices... maybe some sort of SkyNet...

Re:Or it could be used (Score:5, Funny)

by raehl ( 609729 ) writes: <(moc.oohay) (ta) (113lhear)> on Sunday June 18, 2006 @02:17AM (#15557419) Homepage

search for lost hikers

Did LA grow a big forest in the middle of it that I'm not aware of?

Re:Or it could be used (Score:2, Funny)

by TooFarGone ( 841076 ) writes: on Sunday June 18, 2006 @02:46AM (#15557463)

But can it be used to find Sara O'Conner?

Re:Pointing out the obvious (Score:2, Funny)

by Gunasmorgel ( 976383 ) writes: on Sunday June 18, 2006 @10:08AM (#15558014)

Take homosexual relationships. I'm not gay - far from it...

I take it youre not getting any sex either...

Re:Oh cool! (Score:5, Funny)

by sjs132 ( 631745 ) writes: on Sunday June 18, 2006 @10:45AM (#15558095) Homepage Journal

"A small camera capable of tilt and pan operations is fixed to the underside of the drone which sends the video directly to a laptop command station. Once launched, the craft is set to fly autonomously with global positioning system (GPS) coordinates and a fixed flight pattern.

Ok, Scratch previous contents of needing guns... Just get a laptop with stumbler... find the 'WHY-FLY' connection (he-he, I'm soooo Punny... ;) and post it to SLASHDOT... Then watch the plane (AKA, DRONE) stall and crash as it gets slashdotted as everyone logs into the drone to see the video of the next hi-way chase on the LA freeway...

Could bring NEW meaning to the terms "CRASHING A SERVER"... :)

Re:Or it could be used (Score:5, Funny)

by valen ( 2689 ) writes: on Sunday June 18, 2006 @01:05PM (#15558474) Homepage

Duh. If you are a hiker, in LA, you are really lost. QED.

john

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Oh cool! (Score:5, Funny)

Or it could be used (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Pretty Cool... (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Pretty Cool... (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Or it could be used (Score:4, Funny)

Let me be the first to say... (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Oh cool! (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Useful Non-Karma Whoring Link (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Maybe you ought to think about this... (Score:4, Funny)

How very Dark Angel! (Score:2, Funny)

Too Dangerous? (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Oh cool! (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Pointing out the obvious (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Oh cool! (Score:2, Funny)

I'll lose my civil liberties... (Score:1, Funny)

Sign me up (Score:2, Funny)

Picture (Score:5, Funny)

The real question is.... (Score:2, Funny)

Re:1984? (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Pretty Cool... (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Or it could be used (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Or it could be used (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Pointing out the obvious (Score:2, Funny)

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