Seattle police want more drones, even while two sit unused

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Submission + - Seattle police want more drones, even while two sit unused (muckrock.com)

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v3rgEz

on Friday October 12, 2012 @08:27AM

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.”"

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