#drone-surveillance

#drone-surveillance

San Francisco police have arrested five suspects accused of operating a coordinated chain-snatching ring targeting bus riders. They caught it all on camera using drones. Investigators say five people worked together, using an SUV to scout victims at busy Muni stops. Police used drones to track the group last week, as they followed a Muni bus at Mission and 24th Street, boarded it - and then eventually ripped a gold chain from a passenger's neck.

A report from DCC's Halloween working group - made up of representatives from the public domain, community development and housing departments along with gardaí - told councillors it was using "authorised drone flights" to monitor the city on an ongoing basis. "This has proven effective in identifying large-scale storage in previous years," it said. Any identified material will be removed by the group in co-ordination with gardaí, with the public encouraged to report suspected stockpiling to the council.

3 August 2025 Today, I have to do something a bit exciting. I'm going to a food distribution point for the first time, what I call the death lottery. I'm leaving in about 30 minutes. I've said goodbye to my family and hugged them all. You never know. Why risk walking toward your own death? It's not by choice. For many days now each of us has been living on a single pita bread and a bowl of lentil soup per day. That's it.

NYC beaches were closed over Fourth of July weekend after drones spotted sharks near swimmers, with multiple sightings prompting temporary swimming bans from Beach 83rd to 120th.