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2016 Postmortem

Skidmore

(37,364 posts)

5. Nope.

Reply to Redfairen (Original post)

Tue Feb 19, 2013, 11:49 AM

Feb 2013

Police can't prove that they can be trusted to use nonlethal methods at their disposal without abusing the authority given them. In the absence of being able to disabuse the public and the law enforcement units that dawning a uniform doesn't endow you automatically with the label of "hero" and heroic sized egos to go with it, I don't know how to change my vote to a yes.

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Can Police Be Trusted With Drones? [View all] Redfairen Feb 2013 OP

I will keep it simple.... FarPoint Feb 2013 #1

There is a move afoot to make drones illegal for private use, but legal for anything RC Feb 2013 #2

Nope. RC planes aren't going anywhere Recursion Feb 2013 #18

I didn't say that. RC Feb 2013 #19

Yes you did. RC planes are an example of drones Recursion Feb 2013 #20

Read it again. RC Feb 2013 #21

You are simply wrong. Nobody is trying to make RC planes illegal for private use. Recursion Feb 2013 #22

I know what a drone is. RC Feb 2013 #23

You should read that article, it agrees with me :) Recursion Feb 2013 #24

Your model airplane is classified as "private" RC Feb 2013 #25

And Texas wants to keep me from taking pictures with it Recursion Feb 2013 #29

Can high schoolers be trusted with drones? longship Feb 2013 #3

No, but I can't say the Tacocopter drone is a horrible idea: EastKYLiberal Feb 2013 #4

Nope. Skidmore Feb 2013 #5

We aren't talking about armed drones Recursion Feb 2013 #17

"Pull!" Vanje Feb 2013 #6

Since they can't be trusted with nightsticks, no. nt TeamPooka Feb 2013 #7

Can anyone be trusted with drones is a better question lunatica Feb 2013 #8

Cops can't even get the addresses of wanted criminals correct. Ikonoklast Feb 2013 #9

NO! Dawson Leery Feb 2013 #10

How is a drone any worse or more intrusive than a helicopter? brooklynite Feb 2013 #11

As long as the drones don't get into terrorists' hands Rosa Luxemburg Feb 2013 #12

makes me wonder who will be the first innocent American to die when one of those crashes. Sunlei Feb 2013 #13

A better questions is should we trust them with guns? nt bemildred Feb 2013 #14

Oh hell no. Myrina Feb 2013 #15

A safer and cheaper way to do what they do with helicopters Recursion Feb 2013 #16

no samsingh Feb 2013 #26

Hell no MotherPetrie Feb 2013 #27

Yes for law enforcement, (same with any guns) NO to any private person graham4anything Feb 2013 #28