Police drone tracks Walmart theft suspect in real time
A California police department's drone program helped officers track down and arrest a suspected repeat shoplifter who attempted to flee on a stolen bicycle Tuesday morning and might otherwise have gotten away, officials said.
The incident happed at a Walmart in Clovis, California, where police were called just after 8 a.m. for a known shoplifting suspect. The department's "Drone First Responder" (DFR) program proved crucial in the arrest, officials said.
"The suspect at Walmart stole a bicycle from inside the store, which the staff thought he would, and he took off on that bike," Clovis Police Public Information Officer Ty Wood told ABC News Fresno station.
The suspect, identified by police as 19-year-old Sean Baker, was tracked by the drone as he crossed a nearby street. He now faces charges including shoplifting, possession of burglary tools and obstructing an officer, according to police.
The police spokesperson told ABC News that the department's DFR program currently operates two drones, which can cover more than 90% of community. The department has already ordered a third drone for next year, the spokesperson said.
"We realize that drones are not going to be taking the place of a law enforcement helicopter, but with a city our size, we can't afford a helicopter. These drone first responders are definitely a game changer," the spokesperson told ABC News.
The drones, which typically fly at 200 feet, are equipped with advanced camera systems.
"These cameras are fantastic," Wood told ABC30. "We have the ability to see license plates and get physical descriptions of suspects."
A key advantage of the program is the drones' ability to arrive at scenes before officers. The spokesperson said responding officers can view live drone footage from their patrol car computers while en route to calls.
The suspect "went behind other retail businesses and he would have been lost if it weren't for the drone," Wood told ABC30.
The department, which serves a community of over 129,000 residents, launched its drone program in 2020, according to the spokesperson. The initiative has since become an important part of the department's Real Time Information Center (RTIC), which combines various surveillance systems used for public safety.
Police drone tracks Walmart theft suspect in real time: Police
A California police department's drone program helped officers track down and arrest a suspected repeat shoplifter, officials said.Doc Louallen (ABC News)
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This is why I think LLMs have made the world worse even if I don't buy the fear-mongering. Regardless of the costs to train LLMs, the costs of having those tools available are worse than the benefits. The amount of extra work bug bounty programs have had to do thanks to AI is crazy.
Come to think of it, there are black markets for selling computer security vulnerabilities between nation-states. Maybe our governments can start flooding those with AI generated security exploits. That'd be funny.
This was a really great read. The numbers don’t lie: 7 companies each independently invested 100 bn in AI and have seen little revenue in return (relatively speaking). When overlaying that on top of its impact on the us stock market as a whole, once the veil has been lifted that this is not leading to super intelligence, a bubble will burst and the entire economy will feel it.
That doesn't mean "nothing to see here, move on." It means that AI isn't the bow-wave of "impending superintelligence." Nor is it going to deliver "humanlike intelligence."It's a grab-bag of useful (sometimes very useful) tools that can sometimes make workers' lives better, when workers get to decide how and when they're used.
This is the part that is overlooked when discussing anti-ai hype: these tools are very useful, but they appear only useful to the skilled laborer wielding them, instead of the investor claim that they will be replaced.
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Nuances?
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in reply to NarrativeBear • • •no amount is too much for catching a bike thief /s
5 years of "drone program" for a community of 129000. They can sleep better now that the "suspected shop lifter" is at last arrested 🤷 those police toys must have been expensive, if they're making news about this
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in reply to unconsequential • • •prole
in reply to itztalal • • •You are absolutely correct.
That does sound weird.
unconsequential
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in reply to unconsequential • • •My god, you people are insufferable.
I'm glad you're not in positions to make decisions that actually have an impact on the world.
These forums are you containment zones.
interdimensionalmeme
in reply to itztalal • • •Of course, maintain the hierarchy of capital which sees most humans as serving the hierarchy and terminating those who defy "the order" for "their own good" of course, because as the central tenets of this religion asserts, exploitation of capital benefits "everyone". As in, this meritocracy structure allows anyone to become King Bezos through "hard work"(*).
Since anyone could become king meritocatically, therefore they all benefit from the equal and just potential, to receive "each according to their needs and from each according to their ability" anyone who opposes this system in fact opposes their own interests and those of other, therefore justifying the deployment of unlimited violence to neutralize the threat, for everyone's interests including the perpetrator.
ganymede
in reply to itztalal • • •can you pls explain what you mean in more depth?
your original post is sufficiently vague that tbh i don't blame people for assuming you were just bootlicking? [which probably says more about the state of the world than you as an individual, but honestly it's not clear what you're trying to say?]
we all know a random citizen/local business presenting an identical calibre of evidence of repeated crimes would be extremely unlikely to routinely receive this degree of resource allocation.
so if it's an idealised aspirational universal "order" you're talking about then obviously noone's buying it - and i don't think you are either. so what do you mean?
itztalal
in reply to ganymede • • •Personally, I don't care what the morons on these forums end up assuming. They're incorrect more often than they're right, and each mistake makes me value their input even less.
Law enforcement exists to maintain order. I made no arguments on whether or not that should be the case, but the tribalist morons took my "wavering loyalty" as treachery and the dogpile ensued with everyone trying to fit in with each other.
I'm glad I can recognize these people for who they are, since nobody else will.
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in reply to Kongar • • •Fight Chat Control - Protect Digital Privacy in the EU
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in reply to Matt • • •mnemonicmonkeys
in reply to interdimensionalmeme • • •Yikes...
interdimensionalmeme
in reply to mnemonicmonkeys • • •Or they can give up chat control right now, they can give up that BS a-n-y-t-i-m-e
But if not, then taking out Russia and mildly inconveniencing states that are developping an authoritarian bent in their digital space, that's a win-win
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in reply to interdimensionalmeme • • •My point is that you're arguing that Russia (which is currently ruled by a genocidal, authoritarian regime and is trying to force all of its citizens onto state-controlled social media to monitor everyone) would be a good ally in the fight to keep E2EE alive.
The amount of cognitive dissonance in your comments is disturbing
interdimensionalmeme
in reply to mnemonicmonkeys • • •The only counter we currently have to state power is leveraging other states, getting them to fight one another until they're so damage that they let go of their fascistic plans to enslave and tag the entire population. Russia isn't going to politely send delegate to advocate against total state surveillance, they're doing it, every state is turning fasch and doing it. They are to embolden, to empowered and they don't respect of fear the population.
The only way to counter this trend is by distracting them with an existential crisis. They need "something" to save us from, when we are too safe and they are too powerful, they start treating us, as the enemy, as their pets, as their farm animal, cattle, we can't stop them doing that but we can send them to clash against enemy states to dissipate their violent, dominating, malignant energy
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in reply to NarrativeBear • • •Interesting. I wonder who else can view that live video stream.
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in reply to MML • • •Yes, "you can look at it while parked" but the spokesperson specifically said:
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