Should American Police be replaced by Predator Drones?

[Ele]

It could be cheaper and more effective.

Drones can't investigate situations or help old ladies cross the road, but they're OK for "policing" Pakistan and Libya, so why not the US?

[JimC]

Are they handy with pepper spray?

[FBM]

Krispy Kreme and Dunkin' Donuts would form a PAC and prevent the necessary legislation.

[Atheist-Lite]

Time to emigrate?

[Ele]

Police employ Predator drone spy planes on home front
LA Times, Dec10 2011
"Local police say they have used two unarmed Predators based at Grand Forks Air Force Base to fly at least two dozen surveillance flights since June. The FBI and Drug Enforcement Administration have used Predators for other domestic investigations, officials said."

Who wudda known how useful (and profitable) that weapons technology used on people in the middle east could be back on home turf? It's been only a matter of time....

Are they handy with pepper spray?

Dunno. But Drones equipped with Hellfire Missiles are pretty handy at creating a pressure wave that sucks the air out of victims, wrenches their eyeballs from their sockets, shreds their internal organs and crushes their bodies.

[FBM]

Dunno. But Drones equipped with Hellfire Missiles are pretty handy at creating a pressure wave that sucks the air out of victims, wrenches their eyeballs from their sockets, shreds their internal organs and crushes their bodies.

Can we start with non-handicapped people who park in handicapped zones?

[Ele]

A Predator Drone, more commonly used by the CIA to hunt and assassinate terrorists, has tracked down a North Dakota family, who allegedly stole three cows that wandered onto their farmland earlier this year.

The Brossart family was arrested after the drone helped detectives spy on them. The family become the first known American citizens to be victims of Predator Drones, which the government has made available to local sheriffs and police chiefs.

Local authorities have said that the family is well-known in the area for being armed, as well as being anti-government separatists.

Source: North Dakota Police Use $150M Predator Drone to Rescue Cows

[amused]

OP - What could go wrong?

[Robert_S]

https://www.google.com/search?client=ub ... 8&oe=utf-8

Nothing at all... well, hardly anything.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Dunno. But Drones equipped with Hellfire Missiles are pretty handy at creating a pressure wave that sucks the air out of victims, wrenches their eyeballs from their sockets, shreds their internal organs and crushes their bodies.

Can we start with non-handicapped people who park in handicapped zones?

[JacksSmirkingRevenge]

Civillian prototype countermeasures are in the pipeline...

[Ian]

Predator drones perform too limited a role. I think these things would work much better:

[FBM]

Image fail, Ian. Is it something that kills naughty people?

[Ian]

Image fix.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Unfortunately, that thing can be taken out by one recycled cop in a tin can.