The latest policing tool to monitor rowdy spring breakers: Drones

“… Ainsworth said the drones — Yuneec Typhoon Q500 models outfitted with high-resolution cameras and batteries that provide up to 25 minutes of flight time — are the latest example of how police plan to adjust to the swell of new partiers.” …

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2016/03/09/the-latest-policing-tool-to-monitor-rowdy-spring-breakers-drones/

Combined with facial recognition you have the ultimate ticket machines.

Can the drones be equipped with tranquilizer dart guns?

Wonder if the Spring Breakers will find clever and not-so-clever ways to mitigate the effects of drones…such as possibly treating them to a few tossed drinks. :smiley:

drunk college students tossing glass bottles high up in the air sounds like a recipe for disaster

Fair point. A safer and a more budget-friendly alternative…treating them to a few boxes of donuts? :smiley:

This seems really, really creepy.

We already live in enough of a police state. I’m not keen on giving them more power and tools.