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Police drones in the news

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

On CBS4 Miami: Dade Cops Waiting To Get Crime Fighting Drone Airborne: Miami-Dade’s newest crime fighting tool is a literal ‘eye in the sky’. The Micro Air Vehicle, or MAV for short, is a small radio controlled drone aircraft equipped with a portable camera system. Miami-Dade Sgt. Andrew Cohen said drone will be used to gather real time information in situations which may be too dangerous for officers. “If an SRT (Special Response Team) has to go into an area they don’t know what’s there, we don’t know what is in the backyard,” said Cohen, “They want to know if there are dogs in the backyard, if there is a shed, things that could be a threat to us.” The MAV is used by the military to scan dangerous areas before troops are sent in...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on March 09, 2011 (boomark / email).