The Oakland Chinatown Improvement Council and California Waste Solutions has donated $80,000 to the Oakland Police Department to buy a tool that many law enforcement agencies already own.
“I spoke very clearly that we need help from the community to address crime, that the police department couldn’t do it alone, and today, our community has stepped up for us,” Chief LeRonne Armstrong at a news conference Monday afternoon.There will be three new drones in all, one smaller one and two beefier models, that cost $40,000 each and feature a thermal camera, spotlight, and public address speaker system.
“This is a step forward, I actually think, for Oakland, because probably a couple of years ago, no one would imagine that you would get drones in the city of Oakland,” he said. “I think they came to an agreement that the Privacy Commission was open to us purchasing drones, but we couldn’t use city funds in order to do it.”
“But all of that will mean less if our community is not protected,” said Stewart Chen, president of the Chinatown Improvement Council. “That’s why the OPD is an important component. We need them to continue to provide services that they currently provide.”“I said, let’s jump on it!” said David Duong, CEO of California Waste Solutions. “And this is something that we want to do, just to help our community.
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