‘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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[-] Jax@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 hours ago

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

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

[-] redsand@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 hours ago

Or another drone that drops nets

[-] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 9 points 4 hours ago

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.

[-] bigpEE@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

And doing it without them falling on a protestor

[-] x00z@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago

Pellet guns are easy I guess.

[-] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

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

[-] davel@lemmy.ml 11 points 6 hours ago

[-] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 20 points 9 hours ago

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

[-] pheonixdown@sh.itjust.works -5 points 7 hours ago

I'd rather have any cop willing to do that sitting in a chair staring at a monitor than out in the streets armed, at least until they start to arm the drones ...