The San Francisco Police Commission unanimously accepted a nearly $9.4 million donation Wednesday night to expand the police department’s drone program and add 10 new drone take-off sites.
“This is by far the largest one-time donation I think we’ve ever considered,” said police commissioner Kevin Benedicto. The Board of Supervisors will vote on the gift later this month.
The donation was proposed last week by Ripple Labs, a San Francisco-based crypto company run by billionaire Chris Larsen, and the San Francisco Police Community Foundation, a nonprofit that Larsen founded in 2023. Larsen has been a long-time proponent of increasing the SFPD’s use of technology and donated $250,000 to the passing of Prop E.
Dystopian af
Ripple! The original crypto grift!
Time to setup some old spark radios on rooftops, run them randomly 30 seconds at a time.
Sounds like free drones if you buy a Faraday bag.
Is there a stock to invest in for anti-drone technology in the area?
If so, something tells me sales are about to go up!
The only anti-drone technology I know of is a gun, and something tells me gun manufacturer stocks are gonna be going up soon regardless.
Rocket nets?
If you don’t mind the FCC coming for you, a home made drone jammer is easy to make
Can you not use a net-gun type of device to lock up the props? I feel like that could be easier and less noticeable by the fcc
You can use a net-gun to take out a drone. It might be a bit impractical if the city is swarmed with drones
An old fashioned spark radio is pretty effective. Plus it has a use for a “hobbyist”.
Pretty much everyone owns a microwave and old satellite dishes aren’t so hard to find.
The only thing I know about jammers comes from Burn Notice. He called in a fake bomb threat to force SWAT to use their signal jammer.
I would assume so.
