Police in California Plan To Use Chinese Drones To Enforce Quarantine Lockdown

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Most Americans thought Chinese-style authoritarian measures could never happen at home, but police in California have already announced a plan to use Chinese drones equipped with cameras and loudspeakers to enforce recently imposed lockdown orders.

Most Americans thought Chinese-style authoritarian measures could never happen at home, but police in California have already announced a plan to use Chinese drones equipped with cameras and loudspeakers to enforce recently imposed lockdown orders.

In Chula Vista, a town just outside of San Diego, police have purchased at least two drones from the Chinese company DJI for $11,000 each.

Spencer Gore, chief executive of Impossible Aerospace, admitted that the plan to use drones to control citizens “seems a little Orwellian,” but insisted that it could “save lives.”

What we saw in China, and what we’re probably going to see around the world, is using drones with cameras and loudspeakers to fly around to see if people are gathering where they shouldn’t be, and telling them to go home,” Gore said.

TMU report: In the months since the CoViD-19 pandemic began, governments around the world have been utilizing a wide range of technological devices to enforce quarantines. Advanced surveillance and tracking have been made possible by cellphone data, CCTV cameras, and drones.

Surveillance drones were used during the lockdown in China to monitor neighborhoods to ensure that residents were staying indoors. Drones were also used to spray disinfectants during the outbreak as well.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged additional governments to use similar tactics to enforce quarantines. Police in Spain have been using drones to patrol the streets and order citizens to stay home during the lockdown.

Vern Sallee, one of the Chula Vista police captains, told the Financial Times that the drones could be used to “disperse crowds” without the need for a human officer to be involved.

We have not traditionally mounted speakers to our drones, but . . . if we need to cover a large area to get an announcement out, or if there were a crowd somewhere that we needed to disperse—we could do it without getting police officers involved,” Sallee said.

The outbreak has changed my view of expanding the program as rapidly as I can,” he added.

Sallee also suggested that the drones could be used to give homeless people updates or orders about the pandemic, since many of them may not have access to the Internet and may be unaware of the current situation.

We need to tell them we actually have resources for them—they are vulnerable right now. It might be impractical or unsafe for our officers to be put into those areas,” Sallee said.

Baxter Dmitry

Baxter Dmitry

Baxter Dmitry is a writer at The People's Voice. He covers politics, business and entertainment. Speaking truth to power since he learned to talk, Baxter has travelled in over 80 countries and won arguments in every single one. Live without fear.
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8 Comments

  1. If you think these leftist governors like Newsom and Cuomo are going to let go of this new power easily, you’re dreaming. We may be entering a new era of eternal pandemics.

  2. Shoot them out of the sky, and shoot the cunts that are ordering the drone patrols, and shoot that pelosi piece of shit to, just for the good of the people.

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