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takyon
on Wednesday May 20 2015, @12:15AM
from the flying-internet-of-cypherpunk-criminals dept.
from the flying-internet-of-cypherpunk-criminals dept.
Burglars in the UK are sending unmanned drones over houses in order to identify potential targets, police have warned. Suffolk Constabulary confirmed it had received at least one report of drones being used by burglars for surveillance of properties ("casing the joint"). Paul Ford, secretary of the Police Federation National Detectives Forum, said: "Drones can be noisy and very visible so hopefully criminals risk giving themselves away. If members of the public observe drones being used in areas which make them suspicious they should contact police using the 101 non-emergency number to report it."
Why not just shoot them down? "Oops I thought it was a bird." The task can surely be automated. Obligatory xkcd.
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(Score: 2) by Hartree on Wednesday May 20 2015, @03:51PM
Let me introduce you to the joys of the wrist rocket style slingshot. (Clue: Shooting firearms inside the city limits is usually illegal here in the "backward lawless colonies", too. Gunshots often bring police and the police have more guns than you do.)
"Slingshot, officer? No, never had one of those. I think I saw one of the neighborhood kids with one a couple days ago. Don't think I could identify him, though." :)