Crime & Safety

Sheriff's Drones To Buzz Alameda County?

Sheriff Gregory Ahern seeks grant to get video and infrared images from four-pound drone overhead.

The sheriff of Alameda County wants to go high high tech.

Sheriff Gregory Ahern is seeking a grant to acquire a four-pound drone that could provide live video or an infrared device to track the heat of bodies, fires … and possibly the lights of indoor pot-growing operations.

The device, which would cost $50,000 to $100,000, would be remotely controlled by an operator on the ground and hover over crime or fire scenes.
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