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LAPD helicopter tracker with real-time operating costs

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100 points polalavik | 1 comments | 21 Nov 25 22:11 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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ripberge ◴[21 Nov 25 22:32 UTC] No.46009808[source]▶
As someone who lives in central LA and has them circle my neighborhood frequently, actually shaking my house, I think this is awesome.

These needs should be filled by drones. Way less noisy, dangerous and expensive.

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monkaiju ◴[21 Nov 25 22:36 UTC] No.46009855[source]▶
Idk, having a bunch of government surveillance drones doesn't really sound great... Maybe we just don't need this level of surveillance at all?
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1. autoexec ◴[21 Nov 25 22:41 UTC] No.46009901[source]▶
It's absolutely worth looking at the ROI on these flights and weighing that against the intrusion on our privacy/freedom. No doubt they'll always need drones and helicopters but I'd be surprised if there was any real need for them to be in the air that often. I think that's a question that should be asked everywhere but the LAPD in particular are terrible enough that it makes this a great place to start.