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Originally Posted by BOfH
This is nothing new, DARPA ran a man portable drone contest[1] some time back, and some LEO's[2][3] have picked up on the technology. By the way, you know those $50 RC birds, add a decent wireless camera...you get the point...
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The technology may or may not be new...but, a local sheriff summoning a $154 million MQ-9 Predator B drone from an Air Force Base for use against some local folks strikes me as slightly unusual. Then again...it very well may be the future.