The Cozy Relationship Between Cops and a Drone Manufacturer

<p>Drones are here to stay. The U.S. Military may have pioneered the art of using drones in a war zone, but America’s cops are pushing the tech on the homefront. From the Boston Dynamics dogs <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7dz7b/police-outsourcing-human-interaction-with-homeless-people-to-boston-dynamics-robot-dog" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">taking temperatures</a> in Hawaii to quadcopters patrolling the skies, the cops are very interested in drone tech.</p><br><p>One of the big companies in the field is Skydio. It advertises itself directly to police officers and has cultivated relationships with departments across the country. This week on Cyber, host Matthew Gault and Motherboard Editor-in-Chief Jason Koebler discuss the close relationship between Skydio and America’s police.</p><br><p>Stories discussed in this episode:</p><br><p><a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/93b4b5/when-police-do-marketing-for-surveillance-tech-companiess" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">When Police Do Marketing for Surveillance Tech Companies</a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/93b4a8/worlds-richest-man-gets-what-he-wanted" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">World’s Richest Man Gets What He Wanted (Elon Musk Becomes King Shit of Turd Mountain)</a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/qvg48d/everything-you-need-to-know-about-ring-amazons-surveillance-camera-company" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Everything You Need to Know About Ring, Amazon’s Surveillance Camera Company</a></p><br><p><strong>We’re recording CYBER live on Twitch. Watch live during the week.</strong><a href="https://www.twitch.tv/motherboardtv/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong> Follow us</strong></a><strong> there to get alerts when we go live. We take questions from the audience and yours might just end up on the show.</strong></p><p><strong>Subscribe to</strong><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cyber/id1441708044?mt=2" rel="noopener noreferrer" targ