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February 15th, 2010, 08:40
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Wired recently reported that the UK Home Office is preparing a national fleet of unmanned aircraft, but the surveillance-loving island nation has had a keen interest in drones (http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/21/uk-to-get-even-more-big-brother-with-hovering-drones/) for quite a while. Now, Merseyside police (who've had a drone of their own for about six months) are bragging about their first ever catch with the new toy. When coppers heard that a suspected car thief was hiding in the bushes, they wasted no time launching their Unmanned Aerial Vehicle with on-board thermal imaging -- which led them to the sixteen year old. In addition to the (alleged) perp, a twenty year old man was arrested in connection with the crime -- but his apprehension was done without aid of the UAV and, as such, not nearly as bad-ass. Both have been released on bail pending further inquiries, and both are believed to be looking into purchasing Parrot AR.Drones (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/parrots-ar-drone-helicopter-brings-military-style-amusement-to/) for themselves. You gotta fight fire with fire, right?
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Wired recently reported that the UK Home Office is preparing a national fleet of unmanned aircraft, but the surveillance-loving island nation has had a keen interest in drones (http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/21/uk-to-get-even-more-big-brother-with-hovering-drones/) for quite a while. Now, Merseyside police (who've had a drone of their own for about six months) are bragging about their first ever catch with the new toy. When coppers heard that a suspected car thief was hiding in the bushes, they wasted no time launching their Unmanned Aerial Vehicle with on-board thermal imaging -- which led them to the sixteen year old. In addition to the (alleged) perp, a twenty year old man was arrested in connection with the crime -- but his apprehension was done without aid of the UAV and, as such, not nearly as bad-ass. Both have been released on bail pending further inquiries, and both are believed to be looking into purchasing Parrot AR.Drones (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/parrots-ar-drone-helicopter-brings-military-style-amusement-to/) for themselves. You gotta fight fire with fire, right?
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UK police nab teen with $30,500 drone (http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/15/uk-police-nab-teen-with-30-500-drone/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Mon, 15 Feb 2010 03:37:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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