CS400: ITRG Miniproposal: Police Drone Cameras
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Police body cameras have been a hot topic recently, with controversy surrounding the privacy of officers, the usefulness of the cameras, the policies that should be followed when using footage, and so on [2]. Perhaps one of the most controversial aspects of the police body camera debate is the ability of an officer to disable their camera at will. Reasons ranging from privacy to convenience have been used to support the officers ability to disable the cameras. There may be situations where it would be risky to spend several moments activating the camera, or an officer might forget about the camera in the heat of the moment. Meanwhile there has been continued progress in bringing helicopter ‘drones’ to the consumer market and many low cost drones are now available. In fact, some police departments have started getting approval to use drones for tasks such as reconnaissance [1]. Privacy concerns notwithstanding, this is becoming more widespread in the United States. My idea is that drones could be deployed to automatically film police incidents from the air. The system would need to make use of remote drone charging stations and software to automatically travel to the location of a patrol car when a stop is made or when an incident is called in over the radio. This seems like a good way for police departments to make use of drone technology without causing any more concern for privacy than dashcams or body cams already do. To improve response times, the drones would be stationed in a grid over the coverage area at remote self-charging stations These charging stations would be protected from the elements and would provide a location for the drone to land and charge. Each charging station could service a small number of drones which could operate in shifts when charging
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