Gauteng's Lesufi wants to fight crime with 500 drones and cameras everywhere

[Hanno Labuschagne]

Gauteng's Lesufi wants to fight crime with 500 drones and cameras everywhere

Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi wants to launch a wide-ranging and costly crime-fighting initiative in South Africa’s economic heartland, the City Press reports.

The plan includes over 500 remote-controlled aircraft (drones), eight helicopters, high-performance vehicles, and facial recognition cameras on every street.

 

[Johnvgb]

And this from the man that couldn't sort out the pit latrines at schools. Fool!

 

[Apogee]

So quite a few new tenders in the making.

Drones and cameras do not arrest suspects, so who is going to back up this intel with action?

Our main routes have cameras, but they are not connected to anything because that tender was never allocated.

 

["D"]

Yesterday it was 180 drones ...

 

[Sensorei]

500 drones need 500 employed drone operators. 500 less salaries available for police who could be out on the road fighting crime instead of watching crime.

 

[garyc]

Very ambitious plan. South Africa's largest drone operator "only" has 190 aircraft. https://uavdronesolutions.com/.

Another problem is that they will have to be operated in strict adherance with the law (which is often ignored by commercial and hobby operators). This will place a variety of restrictions on the operations, especially in Pretoria where things tend to get complicated.

 

[Fuzzbox]

Delusions of Grandeur.
New twit in charge and new hairbrained schemes are hatched.

Start by fixing the potholes first.

 

[Unreal]

Yes please. Crime, corruption and racism are the last pillars to fall before this country becomes a dream destination

 

[mojoman]

Lesufi for president...

 

[RVQ]

I find the comments here lacking vision, if SA got some of those Iranian drones then SAPS can just blow up the criminals in action, no need for police on the ground, prisons, courts,...

 

[Leftfoot]

How easy is it to Jam 500 drones?

On a positive note I know of one company actively training women to become qualified commercial drone pilots using the DJI Matrice M30. Absolutely amazing functionality on that drone including as I witnessed, remote observation zoomed on a subject about 2.5km away.

 

[skimread]

500 drones need 500 employed drone operators. 500 less salaries available for police who could be out on the road fighting crime instead of watching crime.

Police are already just admin for getting case no for insurance claims. Now they are turning the police into admin jobs.

 

[genetic]

500 drones need 500 employed drone operators. 500 less salaries available for police who could be out on the road fighting crime instead of watching crime.

Not true. Semi-autonomous drones in the professional / policing industry have been available for well over a decade. One operator can control a number of drones. A drone can completely control itself with given way points to monitor certain areas, including full autonomous take-off and landings.

 

[rvZA]

How are we going to charge our solar with all those drones in the air?

 

[genetic]

Police are already just admin for getting case no for insurance claims. Now they are turning the police into admin jobs.

The City of Cape Town's Metro Police use drones all the time. It's not a new technology or a new way for fighting crime. It's well established in the SA security sector.

 

[genetic]

How are we going to charge our solar with all those drones in the air?

By blowing the clouds away with your breath.

 

[surface]

He would want lot of things. Is there money for this though ?

 

[R13...]

How are we going to charge our solar with all those drones in the air?

 

[Cranjus McBasketball]

They can't even get the streetlights working or fill all the holes on every street. But yea sure. Cameras on every street.

 

[v3gout]

Technology can help you do a job; but it helps nothing if you're not doing the job to the best of your ability already. This will turn out to be a waste of money, like all the computers and tablets bought for schools where the teachers don't know how to use them.