# Armed Police Drones in ND

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [August 27, 2015, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/armed-police-drones-in-nd/729117 "2015-08-27T23:53:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kedikat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed655f/32.png) [@Kedikat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kedikat)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2015, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/armed-police-drones-in-nd/729117/9 "2015-08-29T01:31:54Z")

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So people can bring down the drone and score some fun “non lethal” toys.  
A police drone has a more limited ( camera ) field of view, audio, general situational awareness. So I see the possibility for more mistakes. Miss fires, bad targeting. Mass targeting.

Being a police officer is a difficult, dangerous job. But distancing the officer from the citizens makes the officer a more dangerous force. Be it technology or training that infers an us and them mentality. More distance between us and them, dehumanizes both.

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