Homeland Security Newswire
The mayor of Ogden, Utah, wants to buy a blimp to help the city police fight crime; Mayor Matthew Godfrey says a blimp is "far less expensive to purchase and to operate than the other UAVs that are out there"; Godfrey envisions using a blimp "largely to patrol," and said that another benefit of the model being developed for Ogden is that its route can be pre-programmed; he also highlights the blimp's "deterrent factor"
T-Hawk's entry for police surveillance blimps // Source: suasnews.com
The Utah mayor who wants his town to use unmanned blimp to fight crime says that when it comes to the cost of a UAV, there is no beating blimps...
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