From the Echo:
Essex Police have scrapped a plan to track down criminals from the skies using an unmanned spy plane.
The force invested ?20,000 in a spy drone, but has put the aircraft up for sale without it ever being used…..
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…… Robert Chambers, chairman of Essex Police Authority when the decision to buy the drone was made, said: ?I?m quite happy it?s not going ahead because I?d rather see police on the ground looking at things.
?Buying it was probably one of the mistakes I made, so I hold my hands up and say sometimes you get it wrong.?
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