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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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BadBadJellyBean ◴[21 Nov 25 22:48 UTC] No.46009959[source]▶
I find it interesting that the question is "why don't they use drones". My question is: why so much air surveillance? I live in Germany. The only times I hear a helicopter is if someone is being rescued or if someones missing. I rarely see them at all.
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1. jjwiseman ◴[22 Nov 25 00:53 UTC] No.46010969[source]▶
They're not usually doing surveillance on people, they're mostly used as a quick way to get eyes overhead when something else is happening--foot pursuit, high speed pursuit, just about anything really where an aerial perspective might be helpful. They can fly anywhere in LA pretty quickly.