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$10k Reward For Info On Anyone Who Points a Laser At Planes Goes Nationwide

Posted by Soulskill on from the video-your-friends-for-fun-and-profit dept.

coondoggie writes: "The FBI today said it was making national a pilot program it tried out in 12 locations earlier this year that offers up to $10,000 for information leading to the arrest of anyone who intentionally aims a laser at an aircraft. According to the FBI, the pilot locations have seen a 19% decrease in the number of reported laser-to-aircraft incidents. Those locations included: Albuquerque, Chicago, Cleveland, Houston, Los Angeles, New York City, and Philadelphia."

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  1. Profit! by Darth+Muffin · · Score: 5, Funny

    1) Aim laser pointer at my own plane, parked in a hangar. 2) Turn myself in for "intentionally aiming a laser at an aircraft" 3) Profit!

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    1. Re:Profit! by durrr · · Score: 3, Funny

      Pay homeless people $100 to point lasers at airplanes while recording them.

  2. I see what you did there by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    "The FBI today said it was making national a pilot program it tried out in 12 locations earlier this year that offers up to $10,000 for information leading to the arrest of anyone who intentionally aims a laser at an aircraft.

  3. Re:What if you point a friken shark? by plover · · Score: 4, Funny

    One Hundred BILLION dollars!

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    John
  4. Profit! by TsuruchiBrian · · Score: 4, Funny
    1) Find someone who doesn't mind going to jail that much (e.g. a homeless guy, someone with a terminal illness, etc).
    2) Offer to pay him $8K for pointing a laser pointer at a plane and going to jail.
    3) Profit!

    You could probably find a more erratic person willing to take less than $8K of the 10K, but I would imagine you'd want to deal with a fairly rational person who doesn't feel resentment towards you (i.e. for getting ripped off). The goal of this plan is to rip off the government and the tax payer, not the fall guy.

    What the government should do, is offer $20K for turning in the orchestrator of a laser pointer arrest reward scheme.

  5. Re:That is not how you go to prison. by camperdave · · Score: 3, Funny

    None of those net you $5K though.

    Depends on the umbrella.

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