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04-07-2017, 01:37 AM
Police drones will watch over runners at this year's Boston Marathon
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Two drones will buzz above a sea of 30,000 runners at this year's Boston Marathon.*
They'll hover more than a football field's distance above the starting line during the race, which takes place on April 17, and transmit surveillance video to different public safety stations.
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Security has been a primary focus of race organizers since the blasts at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon killed three people and injured more than 260 others.*
“It’s really something new we’re going to be using where we have a very dense population (http://www.bostonherald.com/news/local_coverage/2017/04/authorities_to_use_eye_in_the_sky_for_marathon_mon day) of people between the village and the start line,” said Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency Director Kurt Schwartz.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/06/drones-boston-marathon/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Two drones will buzz above a sea of 30,000 runners at this year's Boston Marathon.*
They'll hover more than a football field's distance above the starting line during the race, which takes place on April 17, and transmit surveillance video to different public safety stations.
SEE ALSO: Forget taxis; Dubai wants to fly you around in passenger drones (http://mashable.com/2017/02/16/taxi-dubai-passenger-drones/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
Security has been a primary focus of race organizers since the blasts at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon killed three people and injured more than 260 others.*
“It’s really something new we’re going to be using where we have a very dense population (http://www.bostonherald.com/news/local_coverage/2017/04/authorities_to_use_eye_in_the_sky_for_marathon_mon day) of people between the village and the start line,” said Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency Director Kurt Schwartz.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/06/drones-boston-marathon/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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