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To:City Clerk
Subject:Public Comment - Agenda Item: 1.O. for the Palm Springs City Council meeting of July 25, 2024 (5:30PM)
Date:Thursday, July 25, 2024 1:50:30 PM
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July 25, 2024
City of Palm Springs
City Council / City Hall
3200 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way
Palm Springs, CA. 92262
Atnn: Clerk of the Board
Re: Written letter to be entered in the Public record and made available for public Inspection
for the July 25, 2024 (5:30PM) Palm Springs City Council meeting - Agenda Item: 1.O.
(purchase of fourteen (14) UAV's (drones) and associated services)
Dear current City Council members,
This letter is in opposition to having city resources spent on devices that will take local
police officers out of their active role as peacekeepers. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV's)
should be controlled by individuals that won't take enforcement agency officials away from
their duties as peacekeepers.
The action of using UAV's to montoir residents of the Palm Springs community is unsettling
and problematic to really keeping people safe. Any frying devices overhead has the potential
of causing harm to people and property on the ground. UAV's mission should ONLY be used
as a "tool" for potential "Search and Rescue" events. Other uses stated in the Citys staff report
such as "catalytic converter theft" recovery is nonsensical and a extreme "spin" statement to
falsely show how new devices can solve a problem that local police currently can not. Of
course privacy concerns over the willingness of local governmental agencies to "spy" on
private property will need to be addressed prio to such an invasion on residents rights to be
safe in their homes/properties.
Other City Councils (La Quinta) recently made missleading verbal comments of how Palm
Springs City will be using drones to catch speeders. Misinformation is common place among
local governmental agencies (Cities) - help curve such language by doing the right thing -
have drones operated by non-police officials and ONLY used those devices for lifesaving
missions (Search and Rescue operations).
Sincerely,
Brad Anderson | Rancho Mirage, CA. | ba4612442@gmail.com
07/25/2024
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