Just this week, police departments in Salem, New Hampshire; Gresham, Oregon; and Luverne, Alabama announced the purchase of drones. More than 1,500 departments across the country now use them, “mostly for search and rescue as well as to document crime scenes and chase suspects,” according to a February report in the MIT Technology Review. Some agencies, like the New York Police Department, are experimenting with other uses, like public safety warnings during emergencies. It’s a new space where regulations and safeguards appear to be lagging behind adoption.
Hmm ok. So the new way to escape the cops is to carry some baseballs and practice tossing them?
Naw, jammers provide a lot more plausible deniability
Jammers are extremely easy to locate by virtue of how they work
Ah yes, get some federal charges thrown on top of your shoplifting misdemeanor for both operating an illegal radio jamming device in violation of FTC regulations AND interfering with the operation of an aircraft! Genius!