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‘We’re going to be covering the entire city with drones:' SFPD accepts billionaire’s $9.4M gift (missionlocal.org)

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The San Francisco Police Commission unanimously accepted a nearly $9.4 million donation Wednesday night to expand the police department’s drone program and add 10 new drone take-off sites.

“This is by far the largest one-time donation I think we’ve ever considered,” said police commissioner Kevin Benedicto. The Board of Supervisors will vote on the gift later this month.

The donation was proposed last week by Ripple Labs, a San Francisco-based crypto company run by billionaire Chris Larsen, and the San Francisco Police Community Foundation, a nonprofit that Larsen founded in 2023. Larsen has been a long-time proponent of increasing the SFPD’s use of technology and donated $250,000 to the passing of Prop E.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

For 500 bucks you can get a Co2 powered net throwing gun.

Also, fuck the people who tried to argue against me about drones.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Or another drone that drops nets

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

We really need to work on solid DIY methods of disabling and destroying these, before the revolution kicks off. Oil and paint works pretty well at covering the robot dogs.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

And doing it without them falling on a protestor

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Pellet guns are easy I guess.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Really netting on another drone would be a solid option for the ones at lower altitude.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

To protect and serve…

cracker s

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Oh they protect and serve alright, just not the public.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There are going to be a lot of cops using those to creep on women.