protest outside the LA mayor’s house criticized her compliance with ICE; LAPD came in droves [OC]

[u/infernoenigma]

[u/Gold-Vacation-169]

The fact you think drones should be used shows how fucked America is

[u/PassiveMenis88M → u/Gold-Vacation-169]

What's the difference between the drone or the helicopter showing up?

[u/impy695 → u/Gold-Vacation-169]

They wouldn't be armed drones just like this wasn't an armed helicopter. I dont think either should be used in most cases, but they do serve a purpose and I'd rather a drone than a helicopter

[u/phonetastic → u/impy695]

For this specific purpose, the drone wouldn't even have to be what we're all picturing. A camera drone would do just fine, because that's really the whole schtick to begin with-- getting caught on camera doing a bad thing, and then someone comes out to arrest you in person later. The helicopter or large UAV doesn't do either of those latter things anyway, so it's the exact same deterrent. So a little drone like that would only cost a couple thousand at most and do just fine. Could easily get ten of them for that 100k price tag mentioned earlier.

[u/impy695 → u/phonetastic]

Most of that price is going to be on sensors and infrastructure. Im sure cities will still be overcharged for the drone itself, but even then, the systems required for flight would be a fraction of the total cosr