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‘We’re going to be covering the entire city with drones:' SFPD accepts billionaire’s $9.4M gift (missionlocal.org)

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The San Francisco Police Commission unanimously accepted a nearly $9.4 million donation Wednesday night to expand the police department’s drone program and add 10 new drone take-off sites.

“This is by far the largest one-time donation I think we’ve ever considered,” said police commissioner Kevin Benedicto. The Board of Supervisors will vote on the gift later this month.

The donation was proposed last week by Ripple Labs, a San Francisco-based crypto company run by billionaire Chris Larsen, and the San Francisco Police Community Foundation, a nonprofit that Larsen founded in 2023. Larsen has been a long-time proponent of increasing the SFPD’s use of technology and donated $250,000 to the passing of Prop E.

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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 22 points 2 days ago (1 children)

There are going to be a lot of cops using those to creep on women.

[–] pheonixdown@sh.itjust.works -5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'd rather have any cop willing to do that sitting in a chair staring at a monitor than out in the streets armed, at least until they start to arm the drones ...

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The problem is that it won't stop at digital creeping.

[–] HeadfullofSoup@kbin.earth 8 points 2 days ago

And the drone will be armed at some point

[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

For 500 bucks you can get a Co2 powered net throwing gun.

Also, fuck the people who tried to argue against me about drones.

[–] redsand@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 days ago

Or another drone that drops nets

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago (2 children)

We really need to work on solid DIY methods of disabling and destroying these, before the revolution kicks off. Oil and paint works pretty well at covering the robot dogs.

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Pellet guns are easy I guess.

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Really netting on another drone would be a solid option for the ones at lower altitude.

[–] bigpEE@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

And doing it without them falling on a protestor

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 days ago

[–] Hestia@hexbear.net 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

To protect and serve…

cracker s

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 1 points 2 days ago

Oh they protect and serve alright, just not the public.