Sunday, October 15, 2006

Yeah, But Can It Drop Bombs?


Liverpool apparently has a serious "Yob" problem. Yobs or Yobbos are hooligans, street punks and Liverpool has formed a Yob-Squad, officially known as the "Anti-Social Behaviour Task Force" to clean up the streets. One approach being considered by the ASBTF is to use the same aerial drones employed by British forces in Iraq to monitor parts of the city with Yob issues.

The Daily Mail describes how this task force will operate:

"Powers open to them include the seizure of cars being driven without insurance, scrambler bikes being driven anti-socially, property gained illegally and the eviction of families who behave anti-socially or criminally, as well as pushing further the use of Anti-Social Behaviour Orders."

Networks of closed circuit cameras, aerial reconnaisance drones, what's next?

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