Unmanned military-style spy drones are to be used to monitor antisocial
motorists under police plans. <o:p></o:p>
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV’s) similar to those used to assist
reconnaissance and airstrikes in <st1:country-region><st1:place>Afghanistan</st1:place></st1:country-region>
could be in use by the 2012 Olympics.<o:p></o:p>
A Home Office-backed partnership led by Kent Police aims to use them for
“monitoring antisocial driving” as well as fly-tippers and protesters,
according to a report in The Guardian. <o:p></o:p>
A prototype equipped with high-powered cameras will begin test flights later
this year, the paper says. <o:p></o:p>
The scheme is a pilot for country-wide use of the technology for
“surveillance, monitoring and evidence gathering,” documents obtained under the
Freedom of Information Act reveal. <o:p></o:p>
UAV’s can fly for 15 hours and reach altitudes of 20,000 feet, making them
invisible from the ground. <o:p></o:p>
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They have been in use for the last six months in merseyside.
However these ones can only fly for four hours and are not allowed above 500 feet. (Line of sight control).
think we will have to get a model F16 tomcat then and startshooting them down !!
hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
"hay dad have you finnished with them radio controls now might have a use for them"
It all starts off with the promise that increased surveillance will only be for the most serious offences but it soon degenerates into enforcing the mundane and trivial. Now we know what the victims' £15 fines surcharge will be funding. Oh for a Somalian "technical" with a SAM on the back.
It all starts off with the promise that increased surveillance will only be for the most serious offences
& the uber-sneaky thing about this particular underhand nasty bit of surveillance is that when Kent Police initially made the application, it was proposed for help with border control i.e. checking the Channel crossings for illegal immigrants on small boats etc.
Orwell's ' was supposed to be a warning, not a manual
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