Miami police will use the spy-in-the-sky technology to fight against crime. An unmanned drone created by Honeywell International, will soon appear in the skies over the Florida Everglades. The drone is capable of hovering and spying using its infrared sensors and other optical devices.
If the Federal Aviation Administration will approval the drone, Miami-Dade Police Department will flying the drone over urban areas. Miami police said that it will use the drone only in tactical situations as an extra set of eyes. Other law enforcement agencies are showing a growing interest in using drones for domestic crime-fighting missions.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection are flying drones over the Arizona desert and southwest border with Mexico since 2006. Other drones will be deploy in North Dakota to patrol the Canadian border and modified versions of Predator B drones will fly over the Gulf of Mexico.
In Palm Bay, Florida police used an 8-pound (3.6 kg) UAV for surveillance before the FAA stopped them; Cyber Defense Systems build that UAV.
Honeywell MAV weighs 16 pounds when empty and 18 1/2 pounds when fully loaded. It is 14 inches in diameter and 22 inches high.
The CIA is developing a dragonfly-sized UAV known as the "Insectohopter" for laser-guided spy operations singe 1970s.
Privacy advocates say that rules and ordinances need to be drafted to protect civil liberties during surveillance operations.
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