In N Dakota, now it could be legal to have tasers on cop drones.

[Archae]

Just what we need, right?

North Dakota police will now be able to chase down a suspect and drop them with a taser, all without leaving the comfort of their cruisers. A new bill legalizes the use of "less than lethal" weapons with drones. That means not only drone-mounted tasers, but also the possibility of pepper spray, rubber bullets, and anything else that isn’t actually designed to kill people.

The state's House Bill 1328 wasn’t intended to promote drone weaponization. It was originally drafted by Representative Rick Becker to require warrants for drone surveillance but, according to the Daily Beast, a drone-industry lobbyist managed to amend the bill.

Instead of Becker’s original and explicit ban on drone weapons, the bill now only bans lethal weapons. "In my opinion there should be a nice, red line: Drones should not be weaponized. Period," said Becker.

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1. Is North Dakota that crime ridden?

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

2. No, but it's nice to be able to send a drone ...

... instead of putting on the thermal underwear, socks, layers of pants, sweaters, parkas, hats, mittens, boots, earmuffs, scarves, balaclava, then sit waiting for the police pursuit vehicle to warm up.

[notadmblnd]

3. You'd think that law enforcement there would have the sense to start the cars and go back in to the

station while it warms up. It would make even more sense to park them in a garage when not in use.

Send a drone, ok. And after the drone tazes the perp- how does it put them in cuffs and get them to the jail?

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

4. Good question. We're gonna need a bigger drone.

And I'm sure law enforcement knows how to deal with the cold. The answer is probably in re-runs of Fargo.

[snooper2]

5. have you not seen robocop LOL