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https://phys.org/news/2018-12-cameras-drones-rio-de-janeiro.html
It's refreshing to see the safety of ordinary citizens supersede consideration for criminals. It's amazing what gets accomplished when you throw political correctness to the wind.
It's refreshing to see the safety of ordinary citizens supersede consideration for criminals. It's amazing what gets accomplished when you throw political correctness to the wind.
Rio de Janeiro state is moving ahead with plans to deploy security cameras and drones to help fight crime, according to its next governor, a far-right politician loyal to president-elect Jair Bolsonaro.
A tender to install 30,000 cameras will be launched soon, Wilson Witzel, who takes up the governorship of the southeast Brazilian state in January, told a media conference late Monday.
"Security is our priority," he said.
On Tuesday Witzel traveled to Israel to view drones that could be used to monitor armed drug gangs.
O Globo, a Brazilian news outlet, said it understood the drones included combat versions capable of firing weapons, which could be used for targeting gang members in hard-to-access favelas, or high-density slums.
The governor-elect was also reportedly to inspect Israeli-made cameras with face-recognition.
Shortly after his election, Witzel stirred controversy by saying he intended to authorize police snipers to kills armed criminals even if they presented no threat to officers.