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polalavik | 3 months ago

why LA is spending thousands/hour when drones exist is crazy.

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tcdent|3 months ago

You're talking about technology that's only become realistic in the last couple years. Even then, there's probably nothing off-the-shelf that would serve the current need.

LAPD has been patrolling with helicopters for decades. I have yet to see a drone follow a car in high speed pursuit down the 5 at 100+ MPH.

digdugdirk|3 months ago

On the other hand, I have seen drones chase down F1 cars at 100+ MPH...

Realistically though, I agree with your sentiment. Solving this would drones would require a constant flock of something more akin to Predator drones.

The better question is - why do we allow high speed pursuit chases in the first place?

asdff|3 months ago

Why do we need to follow a car in a high speed pursuit and force it to go 100mph on uncontrolled streets is the better question