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Philadelphia Public-Safety Expo Features Drone Surveillance Tech
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by ActivistPost | August 19, 2011 at 01:29 pm
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In the ongoing chronicle of the drone surveillance arms race sparked by the United States, the latest installment is the presence of drone surveillance technology at the APCO International 77th Conference and Exposition that was held on August 7-10 at the Philadelphia Convention Center.
APCO International is the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials. Their annual conference is dedicated to the latest technology in the "public safety" sector, focusing on communications across the spectrum. Jammed in amid wireless communications companies, first responder equipment providers, and a host of other data and systems management booths, was Datron World Communications (booth 2013).
Datron does business in 80 countries and specializes in tactical military and public safety radio equipment. They also happen to make the latest entry in aerial drone surveillance: The Datron Scout. Is this a one-off addition to their portfolio, or does it herald an entirely new direction?
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Philadelphia Public-Safety Expo Features Drone Surveillance Tech
"The involvement of CNN to issue a product report, so clearly intended to be upbeat and fun, could be an indication that what was previously a covert attempt to introduce drone surveillance over the United States is now thought to be acceptable enough to the police state conditioned American public."
"With the rise of nanotechnology and the government's stated goal to merge its uses into surveillance functions, it is clear that drone tech is only going to evolve as massive funding continues."