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‘We’re going to be covering the entire city with drones:' SFPD accepts billionaire’s $9.4M gift (missionlocal.org)

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (9 children)

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!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (7 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (5 children)

If you don't mind the FCC coming for you, a home made drone jammer is easy to make

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

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.

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