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We have police drones now?

Since July last year, it seems:

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-devon-40595540

That’s a unit dedicated to Drones that’s new. Police using drones have been around for almost a decade, at least (I first saw one being used to surveil Stonehenge visitors around 2009)

Yup. A common sight at music festivals and the like now, too.

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