{"id":52360,"date":"2020-04-10T07:50:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-10T12:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=52360"},"modified":"2020-04-10T07:50:06","modified_gmt":"2020-04-10T12:50:06","slug":"us-european-cities-turn-to-talking-drones-from-china-to-enforce-social-distancing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=52360","title":{"rendered":"US, European Cities Turn to \u201cTalking Drones\u201d From China to Enforce Social Distancing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

US, European Cities Turn to \u201cTalking Drones\u201d From China to Enforce Social Distancing<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

“STOP gathering, disperse and go home.”\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(TMU<\/a>)<\/strong> \u2014 As an increasing amount of cities and states across the world clamp down on citizen movement due to the coronavirus, officials have been deploying drones in a bid to scare some sense into social distancing scofflaws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The trend has seen dozens of law enforcement agencies and municipalities flock to one drone manufacturer based in China to help enforce quarantine rules while cutting costs on traditional public safety services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the latest cities to enlist drones into its arsenal is Daytona Beach, Florida, which now has eight of the flying tools, including two loaned by Shenzhen, China-based drone manufacturer DJI Technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the past week, the Daytona Beach Police Department has flown upwards of 30 missions to enforce the statewide stay-at-home order in the city\u2019s beachfront parks and on hiking trails. For police management, the use of drones is a common-sense solution to the problem of dissuading law-breakers while maintaining a safe distance amid the ongoing pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n