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Alarmed?
Maybe for minute or two.
Until they are told to move along...that coupled with the fact that Idiot AmeriKa has the attention span of a potato...rest assured, these will be commonplace in a few years.
A police drone zapping suspects with a stun gun? It may be coming
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/a-...s-with-a-stun-gun-it-may-be-coming-2016-10-20
By Zusha Elinson
Published: Oct 20, 2016 5:55 p.m. ET
‘The public is going to initially be alarmed by this’
SAN DIEGO — The day when police zap suspects from the sky with drones carrying stun guns may be nearing.
Taser International Inc., known for its stun guns and body cameras, is exploring the concept of a drone armed with a stun gun for use by police. This week, the company held discussions with police officials about such a device during a law-enforcement conference here.
“Following recent events, including the use of a robot to deploy lethal force in Dallas to eliminate a highly dangerous threat, we’ve received questions about whether it would be feasible to similarly deploy a TASER from an autonomous vehicle,” Taser spokesman Steve Tuttle said, referring to the Dallas police department’s use of a bomb-disposal robot armed with C-4 explosive to take out a gunman who had targeted and killed five officers in July.
The concept is likely to generate backlash from those opposed to the militarization of police as tensions are already high among authorities and minority communities over police killings of black men. “The public is going to initially be alarmed by this,” Jim Bueermann, president of the Police Foundation, a research group, who viewed the drone at the conference and talked with a Taser employee about it.
Maybe for minute or two.
Until they are told to move along...that coupled with the fact that Idiot AmeriKa has the attention span of a potato...rest assured, these will be commonplace in a few years.
A police drone zapping suspects with a stun gun? It may be coming
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/a-...s-with-a-stun-gun-it-may-be-coming-2016-10-20
By Zusha Elinson
Published: Oct 20, 2016 5:55 p.m. ET
‘The public is going to initially be alarmed by this’
SAN DIEGO — The day when police zap suspects from the sky with drones carrying stun guns may be nearing.
Taser International Inc., known for its stun guns and body cameras, is exploring the concept of a drone armed with a stun gun for use by police. This week, the company held discussions with police officials about such a device during a law-enforcement conference here.
“Following recent events, including the use of a robot to deploy lethal force in Dallas to eliminate a highly dangerous threat, we’ve received questions about whether it would be feasible to similarly deploy a TASER from an autonomous vehicle,” Taser spokesman Steve Tuttle said, referring to the Dallas police department’s use of a bomb-disposal robot armed with C-4 explosive to take out a gunman who had targeted and killed five officers in July.
The concept is likely to generate backlash from those opposed to the militarization of police as tensions are already high among authorities and minority communities over police killings of black men. “The public is going to initially be alarmed by this,” Jim Bueermann, president of the Police Foundation, a research group, who viewed the drone at the conference and talked with a Taser employee about it.
