A paranoid person might see another degree of heat being added to the frog "Jacuzzi" here; one small step on the road to Predator drones eliminating dissenters from above. The All-Seeing Eye symbolism of the London Olympic mascots might raise an eyebrow or two as well...

Oh most definitely agree. Unmanned drones and tanks and missiles and work factories and on and on, all coming a step at a time.

given that its probably the met police running them will end up have them flying and relaying all the information back to some guy named bob who's overworked and couldn't give a rats or is actually working for news international and is spending most of his time trying to peer into celebs houses

I do not think its that bad. It just sounds like a good way to try a provide a safe olympic experience for he millions of expected spectators. Also the aricle lead me to believe that there not going to waste the money on buying them and training people to fly them so i don. See the point in the thread title.

A police source with knowledge of aerial surveillance techniques said opinion had largely turned against drones once the go-ahead was given for a National Police Air Service, which will provide helicopters to any police force that needs them. "Surveillance drones are not very high up on our priority list," they said. "They tend to be quite pricey and require a huge amount of training."

Now this bit got my attention

RAF snipers will keep watch over events in Lynx helicopters.