No1butPaul
02-08-2013, 11:12 AM
http://q13fox.com/news/stories/spd-drones/
SEATTLE — The Seattle Police Department’s controversial plan to fly unmanned aerial surveillance drones over the city is over. The department acquired two drones in 2010 and hoped to use them as crime-fighting tools. But, on Thursday, Mayor Mike McGinn pulled the plug.
“Today I spoke with Seattle Police Chief John Diaz and we agreed that it was time to end the unmanned aerial vehicle program, so that SPD can focus its resources on public safety and the community-building work that is the department’s priority,” McGinn said in a written statement. “The vehicles will be returned to the vendor.” ...
The program’s termination came less than 24 hours after angry residents spoke out about the drones at a City Council committee hearing.
“You cannot use those. That is illegal, against the U.S. Constitution. You should be banning these,” an angry Seattle resident told members of the City Council’s Public Safety, Civil Rights and Technology Committee during a hearing Wednesday night on drafting regulations and rules for use of the drones....
Committee Chairman Bruce Harrell, who is running for mayor against McGinn, said scrapping drones without further talks was a bad move. <<<DON'T VOTE FOR HIM! Support Seattle Mayor McGinn
Read more at http://q13fox.com/news/stories/spd-drones/#IiFA4GQyuGwXCUw8.99
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVdC6PRwWDI&feature=youtu.be
UPDATE: BILL TO LIMIT USE OF DRONES PASSES COMMITTEE IN WA STATE
http://www.infowars.com/wash-state-bill-to-limit-drone-use-passes-committee/
SEATTLE — The Seattle Police Department’s controversial plan to fly unmanned aerial surveillance drones over the city is over. The department acquired two drones in 2010 and hoped to use them as crime-fighting tools. But, on Thursday, Mayor Mike McGinn pulled the plug.
“Today I spoke with Seattle Police Chief John Diaz and we agreed that it was time to end the unmanned aerial vehicle program, so that SPD can focus its resources on public safety and the community-building work that is the department’s priority,” McGinn said in a written statement. “The vehicles will be returned to the vendor.” ...
The program’s termination came less than 24 hours after angry residents spoke out about the drones at a City Council committee hearing.
“You cannot use those. That is illegal, against the U.S. Constitution. You should be banning these,” an angry Seattle resident told members of the City Council’s Public Safety, Civil Rights and Technology Committee during a hearing Wednesday night on drafting regulations and rules for use of the drones....
Committee Chairman Bruce Harrell, who is running for mayor against McGinn, said scrapping drones without further talks was a bad move. <<<DON'T VOTE FOR HIM! Support Seattle Mayor McGinn
Read more at http://q13fox.com/news/stories/spd-drones/#IiFA4GQyuGwXCUw8.99
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVdC6PRwWDI&feature=youtu.be
UPDATE: BILL TO LIMIT USE OF DRONES PASSES COMMITTEE IN WA STATE
http://www.infowars.com/wash-state-bill-to-limit-drone-use-passes-committee/