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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: 0.216s | source
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citizenpaul ◴[21 Nov 25 22:48 UTC] No.46009956[source]▶
Roughly a dollar a second which if you are a theater kid you know is about $31,536,000 mil a year.

Honestly not that bad considering it provides a real service. I mean how much does the city spend on lawsuits against corrupt cops and other employees. According to the budget something like $300 MILLION on lawsuit payouts last year alone.

Who gives a $hit about the helicopters. Build an app that tracks the employees causing these lawsuits that are still keeping their jobs.

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1. asdff ◴[21 Nov 25 23:08 UTC] No.46010160[source]▶
People know what to do to get away from the helicopter and they have been successful at it. Two chases in one week this past august the suspect shook off the helicopter and got away. It is as easy as driving under an overpass or into protected airspace. In one case this past month, they followed a suspect all the way into san diego and allowed them to cross the border into Mexico where they were lost.