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Don't be alarmed: That drone over Copley Square isn't packing armament
By adamg on Fri, 09/18/2015 - 12:55pm
Sgt. Luke Taxter at D-4 attempts to calm a wary citzenry:
The drone flying above Copley Place is authorized by the FAA & BPD.
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I don't care if it's armed or
I don't care if it's armed or not, get it away from the city. We don't have a high crime rate here, and we don't need to be bothered by BPD air support more than we already are.
The tourists will get scared off if they see BPD blatantly deploying totalitarian surveillance, plus it's unconscionable.
Attack of the Drones
See the problem is, your tinfoil hat is good protection against the mind control rays, but when that drone's engine fails and it falls on you, tinfoil offers no protection. I recommend one of these:
Just in Case
I can't tell if your post is in jest or not, but just to be sure: this is not a BPD drone.
easy panicky pete. This is
easy panicky pete. This is not a BPD drone. FAA got a request for a drone flight approved it and notified BPD as they are local law enforcement so when other panicky pete's flood the switchboard they already are aware.
So whose drone is it?
A TV station, perhaps?
As others have stated, its
As others have stated, its not even a police drone. But what "BPD air support" are you bothered by already? The department does not have any aviation assets...
I was going to ask about the BPD "air support" too
but it seems that everyone else has dispensed with that.
In any case, it seems like this was a very good example of how intergovernmental/interagency communication is supposed to go. Yay for that!
any idea...
what it's actually for?