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Homeland Security Apparently Calls "No Givebacks!" on Seattle's Unwanted Police Drones

Anna Minard
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1
Iran might be willing to pony up more than just a couple of thousand.
seatackled on March 27, 2013 at 1:15 PM Report this
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Hey Goldy, I'll go in on one with ya.
Bean on March 27, 2013 at 1:31 PM Report this
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The DHS are super-hero geeks that got tired of playing w/ action figures and like to play w/ actual humans. Hitting them w/ ray-guns (airport scanners), chasing "bad guys" (hispanic immigrants), and sending out cool-looking planes to spy on everybody.

The drones are no longer MIB (mint-in-box.) Of course they don't want them anymore.
Some Old Nobodaddy Logged In on March 27, 2013 at 1:41 PM Report this
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donate them to a local school for a technology/science project. (make it the winning prize in a proposal to use them to map wet lands or some-such) hell, some Kansas university just established a degree in drones (or the dronological arts?)
theophrastus on March 27, 2013 at 1:45 PM Report this
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costs nothing to destroy them. also makes for a powerful message
Former Lurker on March 27, 2013 at 2:10 PM Report this
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So... Craigslist?
disintegrator on March 27, 2013 at 2:12 PM Report this
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@6 probably.
Will in Seattle on March 27, 2013 at 2:19 PM Report this
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Surplus drones shouldn't be a problem to move at the right price, I got my eye on the Tunnel Boring Machine they put in to the waterfront tunnel. Who's gonna want that when they finish?
pdonahue on March 27, 2013 at 2:28 PM Report this
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Turn them into public art!
westside on March 27, 2013 at 2:59 PM Report this
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Continuously buzz the federal building!
NaFun on March 27, 2013 at 3:16 PM Report this
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@9 maybe Seafair could use them?
Will in Seattle on March 27, 2013 at 3:30 PM Report this
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@10: Buzz the federal building with a flying camera to take some photos of a public building from a public place and they'll almost certainly send private security guards to tackle you or send Homeland Security Police to detain you for questioning.
Phil M on March 27, 2013 at 4:17 PM Report this
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Do a Kickstarter to buy the drone, and then mount it on top of the corner of the Stranger office building, overlooking the park. Paint it bright colors.
Joe Szilagyi on March 27, 2013 at 4:18 PM Report this
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Goldy has a rocket launcher?

Just goes to show that even if the "Rocket-show loophole" were closed, mind-criminals could still get rocket-launchers...
GeneStoner on March 27, 2013 at 4:22 PM Report this
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I think the expression you're looking for is, "no backsies."
PCM on March 27, 2013 at 5:06 PM Report this
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Hmmm, Mayor Mac
say they go back...
Homeland say "He smokin' crack!""
"they DON'T go back, Jack!!!

Mayor just bought a drone,
got a drone of his own.
Leave SPD on the phone,
trying to loan the drone
so they ain't alone, with the bone.
pupuguru on March 27, 2013 at 5:27 PM Report this
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Why not give them (or rent them?) to USGS, NOAA, and Fish and Wildlife, find migrating whales, orcas, wolf packs, volcanic eruptions, fly them into hurricanes? Put bureaucracy’s petty cash to actual use.
on March 27, 2013 at 5:38 PM Report this
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They could pull the advertising banners for the Seahawks.... put purple lights on them and make night flights to give Fox News more UFO stories perhaps. Take very small tourists on scenic flights over Mt Rainier is a thought too. Maybe they could look for my stolen mountain bike. Yeah, actual use that's the ticket....
pupuguru on March 27, 2013 at 8:19 PM Report this
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Correct me if I am wrong, however they do not belong to the SPD. They belong to the City of Seattle, of which, the SPD is a wholly subordinate agency to the city. The city owns and determines the future of these devices. They are an asset. Sell, rent or lease them to agencies or to enterprises engaged in legitimate and legal pursuits.
Fairhaven on March 27, 2013 at 9:46 PM Report this
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Hay Goldy, you might want to use the drone to cruse the streets of Seattle searching for Pot Holes that need filling.
on March 28, 2013 at 12:18 AM Report this
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Target practice. I'd pay good money to burn one out of the sky.
GlibReaper on March 28, 2013 at 4:11 AM Report this
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Put those fuckers on Craigslist!
playswithknives on March 29, 2013 at 11:41 PM Report this

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