UK police to using hovering spy drone to record unruly behavior

By at 2:29 pm Monday, May 21

From the BBC:
200705211727The UK's first police remote control helicopter has taken off. Merseyside police are using the "spy drone", fitted with CCTV cameras, mainly for tackling anti-social behaviour and public disorder. The machine is 1m wide, weighs less than a bag of sugar, and can record images from a height of 500m. Originally used by the military, it is due to be operational by June for a full three-month trial, which is the "first of its kind" in the UK.
Kevin says: "What we need now is 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper to shotgun the thing out of the air, like he did with a similar alien-surveillance drone in John Carpenter's They Live: 'Mama don't like tattletales!'" Link

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