Lawmakers In Connecticut Looking To Be The First To Approve of Weaponized Drones For Police
At the moment there are many police departments throughout the US and around the world, who have turned to using non-weaponized drones for assisting them with mundane policing duties like surveillance and other tasks. It is estimated that something like 347 different agencies across at least 43 different states, are now using unmanned aerial drones.
And they might be looking to soon implement using weaponized police drones.
It is reported that all but seven remaining states, have at least one unmanned aerial vehicle that is operated by either police, fire departments, emergency response, or sheriffs.
And it isn't just police who are increasingly using them either, as many consumers in the market have taken to adopting the use of drones for occupational purposes and entertainment etc. The drone market is expected to show significant growth in the next few years to come.
Lawmakers in Connecticut are now looking to be the first in the United States to allow their law enforcement agencies to use weaponized drones against the public.
The new legislation which was recently introduced has already been overwhelmingly approved by the state legislature's judiciary committee. The new bill would ban weaponized drones for civilians, but make an exemption for law enforcement agencies.
The bill now heads to the House of Representatives to be considered.
This is alarming for many reasons, one of them being that the accuracy of weaponized drones hasn't proven to be all that accurate in the past. They contribute greatly to increasing collateral damage and there doesn't seem to be any justification for why police departments cannot rely on traditional methods of investigation and policing in order to carry-out their duties; weaponized drones are a bit much.
North Dakota made moves back in 2015 to do the same in allowing police to use weaponized drones but their legislation restricts those drones to only being equipped with weapons like pepper spray and tear gas.
If this new bill in Connecticut's House is successful then it will pass on next to the Senate.
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Sources:
http://www.newsweek.com/connecticut-drones-police-police-drones-armed-drones-577648
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-06/police-love-drones-but-not-the-killer-kind
https://futurism.com/lawmakers-just-introduced-a-bill-to-bring-weaponized-drones-to-life/
America is becoming a scarier and scarier place by the day.
I had long wanted to visit to see things like the Grand Canyon, but I don't think I will ever go there now.
It would be like going to a war zone where the shooting hasn't started yet.
You know it is going to start, you just don't know where or when, or who is going to start the shooting - government or civilians.
At this stage of the game I'm so glad I live at the arse end of the world on a tiny island no-one cares about.
too expensive to leave for some:/ lol https://www.rt.com/usa/183972-fee-renounce-us-citizenship/
So... we are going to turn your country into a playground for weapons manufactures and any nutjob that like to make a big bang. And we are going to do everything we can to prevent you from leaving.
And we are being attacked by terrorists who want to take away our freedoms
It seems the only freedom left in the US is the choice to be a static target or a moving target....
with the state funding & arming the terrorists they claim they want to "protect" you from lol :)
http://www.theinsider.org/news/article.asp?id=1556
the thought alone makes me cringe...... :(
No thank you, this is not going to turn out well for humanity as a whole.
I personally find the choice of word "alarming" as an understatement and can only agree with you on this. It is mind-blowing to read that we are coming to such a state of affair, especially after seeing the effects it has had overseas...
Thanks for a very good article and all its information. Namaste :)
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