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‘We’re going to be covering the entire city with drones:' SFPD accepts billionaire’s $9.4M gift (missionlocal.org)
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The San Francisco Police Commission unanimously accepted a nearly $9.4 million donation Wednesday night to expand the police department’s drone program and add 10 new drone take-off sites.

“This is by far the largest one-time donation I think we’ve ever considered,” said police commissioner Kevin Benedicto. The Board of Supervisors will vote on the gift later this month.

The donation was proposed last week by Ripple Labs, a San Francisco-based crypto company run by billionaire Chris Larsen, and the San Francisco Police Community Foundation, a nonprofit that Larsen founded in 2023. Larsen has been a long-time proponent of increasing the SFPD’s use of technology and donated $250,000 to the passing of Prop E.

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[–] ieatpwns@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Can you not use a net-gun type of device to lock up the props? I feel like that could be easier and less noticeable by the fcc