"Escaped South Carolina inmate may have used drone-delivered wire cutters A South Carolina inmate broke out of a maximum-security prison using wire cutters apparently flown in by drone, officials said Friday, describing a new and hard-to-stop means of escape..." https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/08/jimmy-causey-escaped-prisoner-south-carolina-drone
We can expect next that they will soon issue a no-fly zone for such facilities. Will wonders never cease.
and allow inmates to have access to cellphones: "...While S.C. Department of Corrections Director Bryan Stirling declined to address some of the escape details during a press conference Friday morning, he blamed part of the problem on the ease at which inmates can communicate with the outside world. 'As long as they have access to cellphones, this is just going to keep on happening and happening and happening,' he said... State Law Enforcement Division Chief Mark Keel again called on the federal government to allow prisons to jam cellphone signals..." http://www.postandcourier.com/news/...cle_e3280cf2-62f4-11e7-a50a-c340b133bba1.html
Douglas Bader escaped from a German POW camp with a pair of crutches para-dropped by the RAF. Circa 1944. So this is hardly new. Mrk
Law enforcement already has special nets they can shoot at them. Last year hobbyists had to register their drones , so that law enforcement could catch you if you did a no no. They currently are not requiring registration unless you are using the drone commercially. According to a Ronjor post from a few days ago, we can not fill out a form and get our registration money back. 5 bucks, plus get your data wiped off their records.
Nets are now antiquated: "Anti-drone shoulder rifle lets police take control of UAVs with radio pulses... ... law enforcement now has an anti-drone system designed to disable a drone without blasting it out the sky. The new DroneDefender uses radio pulses to disable a hostile drone within a 400-meter radius. These pulses interrupt the communications system of the drone, making it think it is out of range. The drone’s safety protocols then kick in, forcing it to either hover, return to its point of origin, or descend slowly as it prepares to land. Because the weapon jams communication with the nearby operator, the DroneDefender also can prevent detonation and other remote functions. The radio jamming system is mounted to a gun chassis that makes the anti-drone weapon lightweight (10 lbs or less) and easy-to-use. It is designed to fire within 0.1 seconds of startup..." https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/battle-innovations-anti-drone-gun/ Why use a $500 defense when you can use a $50,000 defense Especially when you have all that loot from civil asset forfeitures and bountiful Fed. Government handouts to local law enforcement at your disposal.
As a former resident of South Carolina, it is understandable the defense system hawki referenced might be a touch newfangled. The escapee probably had it down pat. Hope he enjoyed his restful vacation--two guns and all that cash meant he had at least one accomplice, right?
Oh this is new alright. Maybe not on quite the same scale but drones can be far more stealthy and move with programmed precision to dart in and dart out, not to mention their physical miniaturization.
This was last year http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-36302136/footage-shows-drone-delivering-drugs-to-prisoners
stapp. Here is a more recent article for the same prison in your post. You would think they would be watching things better. http://www.businessinsider.com/spec...stops-drones-smuggling-drugs-to-prison-2017-7 This also explains are cons are getting their cell phones.
