Drone

[the concerned]

Is there someone on here who knows a bit about drones. I was thinking about the protests in the UK last weekend and was wondering would it be possible to deploy a drone or several equipped with a spray system. What it would do is spray permanent dye onto rioters allowing police to identify trouble makers and arrest them when they try to go home.

[pg1610]

But it would spray everyone , and the majority of people at a protest are there to protest only a few there to cause trouble, you could say it would be literally "taring everyone with the same brush"

[the concerned]

Thats why common sense should tell these people when trouble starts walk away.

[Thunder]

In current times anyone being there is breaking the law.

[DavieB]

In current times anyone being there is breaking the law.

Not quite - police, ambulance service, journalists, anyone undertaking essential activity, etc, etc..

Shouldn't this thread be in General Chat?

[Thunder]

I think everyone knows that we're talking about the protesters here, and not essential services that were only there because of the idiotic selfish brigade.

[Yammer]

the short answer is no - unlikely to work correctly. Can you imagine the liquid carrying capacity of a drone agile enough to work in inner city streets.

Once upon a time we had some water cannons, bought, then unused then sold on.

[Johnny]

Bring back the water canon that should do

[DavieB]

So, in short, a total non-starter.