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UK Criminals Use Drones To Case Burglary Prospects

Posted by samzenpus on from the eye-in-the-sky dept.

turkeydance writes: Burglars in the UK are sending unmanned drones over houses in order to identify potential targets, police have warned. Suffolk Constabulary confirmed it had received at least one report of drones being used by burglars for surveillance of properties. Paul Ford, secretary of the Police Federation National Detectives Forum, said: “Drones can be noisy and very visible so hopefully criminals risk giving themselves away. If members of the public observe drones being used in areas which make them suspicious they should contact police using the 101 non-emergency number to report it."

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  1. Paul Ford by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    And yet a bad burglar is supposed to launch a drone, fly around houses, alerting people to something, 'casing' joints, then fly it back home?

    Or far more likely, is that a policeman, Paul Ford in this case is looking for opportunity to expand policing:

    "Paul Ford, secretary of the Police Federation National Detectives Forum.... We must remain alive to the POTENTIAL risks posed by the misuse of technology”

    Just a bad policeman writing fictional crime scenarios to protect against.