Drone Hunting, Coming to A Suburb Near You?

By Robert Farago

“Unmanned drones are being piloted over private homes by burglars in a bid to identify potential targets,” the UK’s telegraph.co.uk reports. “Detectives fear the mini-helicopters, which can be bought for as little as £30, are being deployed to take surveillance photographs from above, posing a brand new threat to home security. Piloting them over perimeter walls will allow criminals to carry out low-risk reconnaissance around homes which cannot be seen from the public road.” This is not a UK-only phenomena . . .

It reflects a growing trend in the United States where a criminal outfit dubbed the Tub Gang has used drones across New York and New Jersey to identify burglary targets.

Digital footage on one drone recovered by police included stills of properties in Manhattan as well as commercial properties.

A Civil Aviation Authority spokesman said “Drones are subject to aviation rules and regulations and anyone breaching those rules can be prosecuted.”

So it’s illegal! That ought to stop ’em! Back in The Land of Hope and Glory, the Old Bill has advice for the general public wary of malevolent drone surveillance:

Paul Ford, secretary of the Police Federation National Detectives …read more

Source:: Truth About Guns