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Firerouge on Dec 28, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: FAA issuing new rules to allow drones to fly over ...

Police forces have been using drones for surveillance since at least 2017, including beyond line of sight flights at night.

https://whitmancountywatch.com/2019/11/07/pullman-police-fli...

It seems that these regulations are focused on permitting private commercial flights similar rights.

zython on Dec 28, 2020 [–]

Thats exacly my point; when the police is under increased public scrutiny this type of dodgy shit gets offloaded to the private sector with little to none public interest of oversight.

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