Most police helicopters have their cameras disrupted with handheld laser pointers on a regular basis - almost no kid nicking cars these days will be without one. Watch a Police Camera Action style show for some tips.

Now as for the poli e response - the day kids nicking cars are arrested for terrorism by the FBI is the day I get out my old placards and march on parliament. The old saw about "when they came for me there was no one left to speak out" does hold resonance.

As to the arming issues - you are not arming an aircraft, just flying it into another unmanned vehicle. To stop it monitoring my illicit drug factories. I suspect most people who proactively want to brim down police drones have activities that will get longer jail terms than drone destruction.

Overall, I stand by my contention that when its ten fold cheaper to attack a drone than build a drone, airspace is about to get very contested - FAA operates on consent of all concerned - when the airspace can be violated for a few hundred bucks, things will change. Maybe not for the better.

I am not saying this is good, just likely. Then again maybe our cities will be peaceful and policing by consent will be the order of the day.

Edit: tidying up