Using drones to track law breakers is safer, could help bring them to justice | Letters

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An idea occurred to me that the use of drones to follow law breakers is better than chasing them with police cars.

Too many innocent people are injured or killed by criminals fleeing the police. If a drone is used rather than a police car, the criminal may not speed as fast, or at all. The police can follow out of view of the law breaker, and after they stop and leave the car the police can move in for the arrest. The perpetrator will be caught on video which can be used as evidence against the defendant.

There are many benefits to advancing to this technique of chasing criminals. The citizens will be safer by having no high-speed police chases, plus more evidence will be gathered by the drone to help in the trial against the law breaker.

I hope the police will start using drones in a chase to make our roads safer and convict people who make bad choices.

Bruce Wilcox, Waukesha

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This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Using drones to pursue law breakers safer than police chases

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