By 2027, the NYPD drone program will be repurposed to checking for unauthorized grills, having failed at being a "first responder" to real crime.
What is a drone supposed to do? Take a witness statement? Run into someone who is stealing something? A big part of the deterrent of the police is that threat of violence. A drone telling you "your crime has been recorded now wait for us to arrest you" will work for a few days on the intimidation factor.
What is a drone supposed to do? Take a witness statement? Run into someone who is stealing something? A big part of the deterrent of the police is that threat of violence. A drone telling you "your crime has been recorded now wait for us to arrest you" will work for a few days on the intimidation factor.