To: TobagoJack who wrote (155035 ) 3/23/2020 3:55:24 AM From: TobagoJack Read Replies (1) | Respond to Trade war half-time as drones are needed in large numberstheverge.com zerohedge.com Authored by John Vibes via The MindUnleashed.com, In the months since the COViD-19 pandemic began, governments around the world have been utilizing a wide range of technological devices to enforce quarantines. Advanced surveillance and tracking have been made possible by cellphone data, CCTV cameras, and drones.Surveillance drones were used during the lockdown in China to monitor neighborhoods to ensure that residents were staying indoors. Drones were also used to spray disinfectants during the outbreak as well.In Chula Vista, a town just outside of San Diego, police purchased at least two drones from the Chinese company DJI for $11,000 each. told the Financial Times that the drones could be used to “disperse crowds ” without the need for a human officer to be involved.“We have not traditionally mounted speakers to our drones, but?.?.?.?if we need to cover a large area to get an announcement out, or if there were a crowd somewhere that we needed to disperse - we could do it without getting police officers involved, ” Sallee said.“The outbreak has changed my view of expanding the program as rapidly as I can ,” “We need to tell them we actually have resources for them—they are vulnerable right now. It might be impractical or unsafe for our officers to be put into those areas, ” Sallee said.seems a little Orwellian ,” but insisted that it could “save lives .”“What we saw in China, and what we’re probably going to see around the world, is using drones with cameras and loudspeakers to fly around to see if people are gathering where they shouldn’t be, and telling them to go home, ”
