Local U.S. Law Enforcement Using Chinese Drones Cited for Espionage Concerns – IOTW Report

Local U.S. Law Enforcement Using Chinese Drones Cited for Espionage Concerns

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An increasing number of local and state law enforcement authorities are using Chinese-made drones that the federal government warns are Communist Party espionage tools, prompting Congress to petition local governments to end their reliance on the technology.

Rep. Jim Banks (R., Ind.), a member of the House Armed Services Committee and Congress’s China Task Force, is blowing the whistle on his state’s use of drones produced by Dà-Jiāng Innovations (DJI), which is controlled by the Chinese government and known to service its police state. Dà-Jiāng and other Communist Party drone makers earlier this year donated more than 100 drones to U.S. authorities in 22 states to help them conduct surveillance during the coronavirus pandemic. While the Defense Department and other federal agencies have banned the use of these drones, local governments have failed to do the same.

Banks, in a letter sent last week and obtained Tuesday by the Washington Free Beacon, warned Indiana officials that their use of these Chinese drones could be helping the Communist Party collect sensitive data about Americans and their local governments. more here

13 Comments on Local U.S. Law Enforcement Using Chinese Drones Cited for Espionage Concerns

  1. Chicom “stuff”…
    Hoover Dam: 84 years and still standing strong.
    3 gorges dam: not even 17 years and crumbling.
    How many Chinese lives will be sacrificed to save this dragon turd?
    The Bitterness of Poor Quality Remains Long After the Sweetness of Low Priced Shit is Forgotten!
    Some people never learn!

  2. You’d think that if our own authorities were going to spy on us, they would at least use American made technology. (They actually are, since PRC steals all of our tech and copies it for themselves)

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