Bangalore City Police to use remote-controlled drones for Dec 31 surveillance

Interesting developments from the Bangalore City Police via Twitter, DCP(Central) Sandeep Patil has announced a couple of technology additions to the police arsenal to help maintain order while the city brings in the new year. 
In light of the recent bombing incident on Church Street, DCP Patil today tweeted that the police would be monitoring the city via remote controlled drones. 

For 1st time Drone Areal Cameras being used for new yr.Remote controlled .Go upto 50 mts pic.twitter.com/qud16IdKOo

— DCP Central Sandeep (@dcpcentralbcp) December 30, 2014

Another addition is a number of temporary "watchtowers" where the officers on duty will be given night vision binoculars to aid them, in addition to the standard CCTV cameras. 

Seecurity plan for new http://t.co/gN4Fk0bFij towers with night vision binoculars,15 cctv,thorough anti sabotage chek pic.twitter.com/8gA0E0z1Hh

— DCP Central Sandeep (@dcpcentralbcp) December 30, 2014

Setting aside how one might feel about privacy issues where drones are concerned, here's to a very old public service department getting with the times.