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| + | In 2015, North Dakota became the first use state to allow Police use of drones armed with less than lethal weapons such as [[taser]]s, [[rubber bullet]]s and [[tear gas]] after a last-minute push by a lobbyist.<ref>http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/08/26/first-state-legalizes-armed-drones-for-cops-thanks-to-a-lobbyist.html<ref> | ||
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The [[BBC]] announced in 2015 that [[UK Police]] would start routine use of drones for [[mass surveillance]], as part of the "[[war on terror]]". They also reported that the UK Police would take over responsibility for drone monitoring from the [[Civil Aviation Authority]], effectively preventing oversight of drone use by UK police.<ref>http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-32431630</ref> | The [[BBC]] announced in 2015 that [[UK Police]] would start routine use of drones for [[mass surveillance]], as part of the "[[war on terror]]". They also reported that the UK Police would take over responsibility for drone monitoring from the [[Civil Aviation Authority]], effectively preventing oversight of drone use by UK police.<ref>http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-32431630</ref> | ||
Revision as of 14:38, 27 August 2015
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| Interest of | • Josh Begley • Peter Burt |
Contents
Combat use
Drone technology was developed for use by militaries in combat, then rolled out for use on civilians.
Non-combat use
In 2015, North Dakota became the first use state to allow Police use of drones armed with less than lethal weapons such as tasers, rubber bullets and tear gas after a last-minute push by a lobbyist.Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag
Monitoring workers
In 2015, drones were used to capture video footage that shows construction progress at the Sacramento Kings’ new stadium in California. Drones capture video which is fed into a computer to create a 3d model of the progress of the construction.[1]
An example
| Page name | Description |
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| Heterogeneous Aerial Reconnaissance Team |
A Drone victim on Wikispooks
| Title | Description |
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| 'Jihadi John' | A British Arab man alleged to be the person seen in several atrocity videos obtained and published by SITE Intelligence Group - hard to tell fact from spin in the story, he is possibly a Wag the Dog person. |
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| Document:Off the Leash: How the UK is developing the technology to build armed autonomous drones | Article | 10 November 2018 | Peter Burt | The United Kingdom should make an unequivocal statement that it is unacceptable for machines to control, determine, or decide upon the application of force in armed conflict and give a binding political commitment that the UK would never use fully autonomous weapon systems |
| Document:Spot-Shoot | article | 13 July 2010 | Jonathan Cook | On the use of drones against Palestinians |
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| File:Living under drones.pdf | paper | September 2012 | International Human Rights and Conflict Resolution Clinic |
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