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As police departments find new ways to innovate and better deal with the myriad of challenges inherent to doing a difficult job, the use of unmanned drones are becoming more common. In Colorado, a pilot program is being discussed that could use drones to answer certain 911 calls instead of sending an actual policeman. Joe Lancaster shares that there are merits to relying more on drones for certain tasks however it also raises a lot of questions and constitutional limits. If, in the future, police drones patrolling the skies above our cities become commonplace, are we really living in a free and open society?
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As police departments find new ways to innovate and better deal with the myriad of challenges inherent to doing a difficult job, the use of unmanned drones are becoming more common. In Colorado, a pilot program is being discussed that could use drones to answer certain 911 calls instead of sending an actual policeman. Joe Lancaster shares that there are merits to relying more on drones for certain tasks however it also raises a lot of questions and constitutional limits. If, in the future, police drones patrolling the skies above our cities become commonplace, are we really living in a free and open society?
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