Thun Posted January 23, 2010 Report Share Posted January 23, 2010 CCTV in the sky: police plan to use military-style spy drones Arms manufacturer BAE Systems developing national strategy with consortium of government agencies Paul Lewis The Guardian, Saturday 23 January 2010 Police in the UK are planning to use unmanned spy drones, controversially deployed in Afghanistan, for the Â"routine" monitoring of antisocial motorists, Âprotesters, agricultural thieves and fly-tippers, in a significant expansion of covert state surveillance. The arms manufacturer BAE Systems, which produces a range of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for war zones, is adapting the military-style planes for a consortium of government agencies led by Kent police. Documents from the South Coast Partnership, a Home Office-backed project in which Kent police and others are developing a national drone plan with BAE, have been obtained by the Guardian under the Freedom of Information Act. They reveal the partnership intends to begin using the drones in time for the 2012 Olympics. They also indicate that police claims that the technology will be used for maritime surveillance fall well short of their intended use – which could span a range of police activity – and that officers have talked about selling the surveillance data to private companies. A prototype drone equipped with high-powered cameras and sensors is set to take to the skies for test flights later this year. The Civil Aviation Authority, which regulates UK airspace, has been told by BAE and Kent police that civilian UAVs would "greatly extend" the government's surveillance capacity and "revolutionise policing". The CAA is currently reluctant to license UAVs in normal airspace because of the risk of collisions with other aircraft, but adequate "sense and avoid" systems for drones are only a few years away. Five other police forces have signed up to the scheme, which is considered a pilot preceding the countrywide adoption of the technology for "surveillance, monitoring and evidence gathering". The partnership's stated mission is to introduce drones "into the routine work of the police, border authorities and other government agencies" across the UK. Concerned about the slow pace of progress of licensing issues, Kent police's assistant chief constable, Allyn Thomas, wrote to the CAA last March arguing that military drones would be useful "in the policing of major events, whether they be protests or the ÂOlympics". He said interest in their use in the UK had "developed after the terrorist attack in Mumbai". Stressing that he was not seeking to interfere with the regulatory process, Thomas pointed out that there was "rather more urgency in the work since Mumbai and we have a clear deadline of the 2012 Olympics". http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jan/23/cctv-sky-police-plan-drones There setting up the big brother state up slowly but surely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tulse Hill Posted January 23, 2010 Report Share Posted January 23, 2010 STFU NO1 CARS GOTO A RAVE AND RELAX OR SUTTIN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zlastboss Posted January 23, 2010 Report Share Posted January 23, 2010 UAV ONLINE!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dejan Savicevic Posted January 23, 2010 Report Share Posted January 23, 2010 yh heard about this sh*t. its fukry still cah most people can't even see the truth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tulse Hill Posted January 23, 2010 Report Share Posted January 23, 2010 yh heard about this sh*t. its fukry still cah most people can't even see the truth. STFU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skola Posted January 23, 2010 Report Share Posted January 23, 2010 disgusting pushing through more surveilance with some bull sh*t excuse then a few years down the line we find its all being used for minor things rather than what it was supposed to be for by then its too late Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. Edgar Posted January 23, 2010 Report Share Posted January 23, 2010 Even if they do implement this, it will be on a small scale for big crowd gatherings the amount of money used to run it will be way over the governments budget spending Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thun Posted January 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2010 CCTV in the sky: police plan to use military-style spy drones Arms manufacturer BAE Systems developing national strategy with consortium of government agencies Paul Lewis The Guardian, Saturday 23 January 2010 Police in the UK are planning to use unmanned spy drones, controversially deployed in Afghanistan, for the Â"routine" monitoring of antisocial motorists, Âprotesters, agricultural thieves and fly-tippers, in a significant expansion of covert state surveillance. The arms manufacturer BAE Systems, which produces a range of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for war zones, is adapting the military-style planes for a consortium of government agencies led by Kent police. Documents from the South Coast Partnership, a Home Office-backed project in which Kent police and others are developing a national drone plan with BAE, have been obtained by the Guardian under the Freedom of Information Act. They reveal the partnership intends to begin using the drones in time for the 2012 Olympics. They also indicate that police claims that the technology will be used for maritime surveillance fall well short of their intended use – which could span a range of police activity – and that officers have talked about selling the surveillance data to private companies. A prototype drone equipped with high-powered cameras and sensors is set to take to the skies for test flights later this year. The Civil Aviation Authority, which regulates UK airspace, has been told by BAE and Kent police that civilian UAVs would "greatly extend" the government's surveillance capacity and "revolutionise policing". The CAA is currently reluctant to license UAVs in normal airspace because of the risk of collisions with other aircraft, but adequate "sense and avoid" systems for drones are only a few years away. Five other police forces have signed up to the scheme, which is considered a pilot preceding the countrywide adoption of the technology for "surveillance, monitoring and evidence gathering". The partnership's stated mission is to introduce drones "into the routine work of the police, border authorities and other government agencies" across the UK. Concerned about the slow pace of progress of licensing issues, Kent police's assistant chief constable, Allyn Thomas, wrote to the CAA last March arguing that military drones would be useful "in the policing of major events, whether they be protests or the ÂOlympics". He said interest in their use in the UK had "developed after the terrorist attack in Mumbai". Stressing that he was not seeking to interfere with the regulatory process, Thomas pointed out that there was "rather more urgency in the work since Mumbai and we have a clear deadline of the 2012 Olympics". http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jan/23/cctv-sky-police-plan-drones There setting up the big brother state up slowly but surely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natty Posted January 23, 2010 Report Share Posted January 23, 2010 f*ck*ng bullshit police state here we come..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heero Yuy Posted January 23, 2010 Report Share Posted January 23, 2010 Sounds like a waste of money that the government doesn't have trying to take the streets of london and what not for hellmand province Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Planet Posted January 23, 2010 Report Share Posted January 23, 2010 *Books flight to Ghana* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jefferson Posted January 23, 2010 Report Share Posted January 23, 2010 lol @ the thun haters hes been saying this for time and its happening slowly, but its gona happen. we're doomed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
streets. Posted January 23, 2010 Report Share Posted January 23, 2010 UAV ONLINE!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grafter Posted January 23, 2010 Report Share Posted January 23, 2010 *Books flight to somewhere anyway* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VENOM Posted January 23, 2010 Report Share Posted January 23, 2010 yes. as if this is a bad thing. you can now sign on the dole on the internet mus be such a bad thing that technology is used these days. making noise about this is waste Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da Luv Doc Posted January 23, 2010 Report Share Posted January 23, 2010 They will most probably be used to crash into a airliner and blamed on terror, if that hasn't happened already... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Aleng Posted January 24, 2010 Report Share Posted January 24, 2010 MEH THREAD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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