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.
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!
I would assume so.
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.
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Pretty much everyone owns a microwave and old satellite dishes aren’t so hard to find.
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
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An old fashioned spark radio is pretty effective. Plus it has a use for a “hobbyist”.
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.
Rocket nets?
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.
