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Honeywell To Sell Miami-Dade Police a Surveillance Drone

Posted by Soulskill on from the setting-trends dept.

AHuxley writes "The Miami-Dade Police Department recently finalized a deal to buy a 20-pound drone from defense firm Honeywell. The drone can fly for 40 minutes, reach heights of 10,500 feet and cruise in the air at 46 miles an hour. As the Miami-Dade Police Department has recently made a lot of budget cuts, the funding may have come from a federal grant. An eye in the sky like over Iraq and Afghanistan may soon be looking down over South Florida 'to keep people safe.' Honeywell has applied to the FAA for clearance to fly the drone in urban areas."

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  1. Watch out Dexter by socsoc · · Score: 3, Funny

    I hope this doesn't complicate Dexter's employment at the department.

  2. Re:Just what the corrupt MIA police dept needs by dkleinsc · · Score: 3, Funny

    Meh, that's nothing: During street protests, it's not uncommon for people to be arrested for assaulting a police officer's knee with their groin.

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  3. Re:Important question by bluefoxlucid · · Score: 3, Funny

    No, but model rocket hobbyists are plotting ways to missile this motherfucker right out of the sky.

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  4. Re:Just what the corrupt MIA police dept needs by bluefoxlucid · · Score: 4, Funny

    No, people who quote Sun Tzu are almost always speaking Chinese.

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  5. Re:Important question by LifesABeach · · Score: 4, Funny

    Miami Beach? Could I, um, have my own drone just kind of fly around looking at "stuff?" I'm thinking Goggle Earth would never be the same...