Drone May Be Coming to Miami-Dade

January 6th, 2011

Via: WSVN:

A new piece of technology may soon be coming to South Florida, but is already raising concerns from residents.

The Miami-Dade Police Department recently finalized a deal to buy a drone, which is an unmanned plane that is equipped with cameras. Drones have been used for years in Iraq and Afghanistan in the war against terror.

Many residents are concerned that the new technology will violate their privacy.

MDPD purchased a drone named T-hawk from defense firm Honeywell to assist with the department’s Special Response Team’s operations. The 20-pound drone can fly for 40 minutes, reach heights of 10,500 feet and cruise in the air at 46 miles an hour. “It gives us a good opportunity to have an eye up there. Not a surveilling eye, not a spying eye. Let’s make the distinction. A surveilling eye to help us to do the things we need to do, honestly to keep people safe,” said Miami-Dade Police Director James Loftus.

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2 Responses to “Drone May Be Coming to Miami-Dade”

  1. rotger says:
    January 6, 2011 at 7:39 pm

    Double talk at its best:
    “Not a surveilling eye, not a spying eye.”
    and then:
    “A surveilling eye to help us to do the things we need to do…”

  2. Slartibardfast says:
    January 7, 2011 at 3:20 am

    “honestly to keep people safe”… mmm hmmm, sure thing.

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