Manje amasela kubikwa ukuthi asebenzisa ama-drones ukuhlola amapulazi namapulazi, efuna amaphuzu awo aphezulu.
"Besenza uchungechunge lobugebengu, okuhlanganisa namanye ama-quad athathwe endaweni eqhelile epulazini," i-Solano County, California, Umnyango kaSheriff Sgt. Kusho uJim Currie. "Asikwazanga ukuthola ukuthi kungani umuntu engazi nokuthi abekhona."
Ekugcineni, abaphenyi banqume ukuthi amasela asolwayo asebenzise ama-drones, abuye abizwe ngezimoto zasemoyeni ezinganamuntu noma ama-UAV, ukuze abheke izinto zokweba.
“Okuhlukile ngakho kithina, nokusidonse amehlo, wukusetshenziswa kwama-drones. Konke lokhu kusha kithina, futhi angicabangi ukuthi lokhu kuzodlula,” kusho uCurrie.
Kubotshwe abantu ababili ngenyanga edluleyo bethweswe amacala okweba, ukungena ngaphandle kwemvume kanye lokugqekeza ngezinsolo zokweba amathuluzi, impahla yepulazi kanye lezinye impahla edlula inkulungwane ezilikhulu emaphandleni.
Umfuyi wezinkomo nezimvu waseSolano County uRyan Mahoney uthe impahla yakhe yezolimo, eyatholwa abomthetho, yayiyingxenye yobugebengu.
“Izigebengu esibhekene nazo zingamasela amancane,” kusho uMahoney. “Bazenzele umsebenzi ngalokhu. Bayazi izindinganiso zalokho okufanele ukuthathe nokungafanele ukukuthathe.
“Ngincamela ukuthi bavele baqhamuke bangicele ikhulu lemali, kunokuthi badale umonakalo bese bedala lowo muzwa wokuhlukumeza,” usho kanje.
UCurrie uthe uzwile imibiko yokuthi amasekela kwezinye izifunda abona ukusetshenziswa okuningi kwama-drones nobunye ubuchwepheshe ngamasela, futhi wengeza ngokuthi uzoxoxa ngalolu daba namanye amalungu eCalifornia Rural Crime Prevention Task Force.
UDetective Don Stuhmer weSan Joaquin County Sheriff's Agricultural Crimes Unit, ongusihlalo waleli thimba, uthe uyazi ngamaqembu ezishoshovu zezilwane asebenzisa ama-drones ukuthola izithombe ngezimbangela zawo. Uthe akumangazi ukuthi amasela nawo asebenzisa ama-drones.
"Ukusetshenziswa kwama-drones nakanjani kuzoba lula kubantu ababi ukuthi babheke indawo abazoyintshontsha," kusho uStuhmer, ephawula ukuthi othile angathenga i-drone ngemali encane engu-$35.
“Ubuchwepheshe buyindawo abantu ababi abanolwazi olungcono ngayo futhi abayisebenzisa nsuku zonke,” kusho yena. “Sibona imisakazo yamaphoyisa ithwebula kakhulu izinhlelo zokusebenza emafonini abantu abangalungile, futhi iba ngcono ekuthengiseni izinto ezebiwe ezisekelweni zewebhu. Sisanda kubamba insizwa edayisa amayunithi eGPS kagandaganda antshontshiwe ku-eBay.”
URobert Spiegel, ummeleli wenqubomgomo weCalifornia Farm Bureau, uthe ukusetshenziswa kwezindiza ezingabambisene eCalifornia “kuyindawo yomthetho eyinkimbinkimbi ehlala ithuthuka, ngoba kuwumsebenzi omusha.
Ukusebenza kwama-drones kulawulwa yi-Federal Aviation Administration. Kudinga, isibonelo, ukuthi abaqhubi be-drone bagcine ubuciko babo ngaphakathi komugqa wabo wokubuka ngenkathi ama-UAV ehamba emoyeni.
Imithetho yezwe ephasisiwe, kusho uSpiegel, ivimbela abaqhubi be-drone ukuthi baphazamise umsebenzi wabaphenduli bokuqala futhi ivimbele opharetha ukuthi baqophe izithombe zemisebenzi yomuntu siqu noma yangasese.
Uthe ukusetshenziswa kwama-drones ngamasela kuyisixwayiso kubalimi nakubafuyi.
"Izinsuku lapho sakwazi ukushiya imishini esigangeni phakathi nendawo ubusuku bonke sezihambile," kusho uSpiegel. "Kufanele senze kube nzima kakhulu ukuthi izinhlaka zobugebengu emphakathini wethu zikwazi ukuzuza ngokukhululeka kwethu."
Esifundeni saseSolano, uCurrie uthe, ukweba kwendiza engenazindiza kuqale maphakathi noFebhuwari kwaze kwaze kwaba nguMashi 8, lapho kuboshwa abasolwa ababili.
Ikhefu kuleli cala liqhamuke ngemuva kokuthi amasela ehlasele i-alamu endaweni yokuhlanza amanzi angcolile edolobheni iDixon, lapho abasolwa baboshwe khona.
Isikhulu esisebenza endaweni yaseDixon, uSandy Jones, uthe amaphoyisa athole imoto yabasolwa, impahla eyebiwe—kanye nama-drone amabili, ashaqwa emotweni.
Selokhu kwagqekezwa, kusho uJones, ukuphepha kwezitshalo kuye kwaqiniswa, ngokukhiya okusha, amakhamera amaningi okuphepha kanye nokuqaliswa kwesofthiwe ekhethekile yokubona i-drone.
Ukuze kuvikelwe impahla yepulazi kumasela, uCurrie wasikisela okulandelayo:
- Nakuba abalimi bengase basebenzise ama-drones ngezinjongo zezolimo, uma uqala ukubona noma ukuzwa i-drone phezu kwendawo yakho, yibike kwabomthetho. Uthe abantu abethula ama-drone bangase bapakwe eceleni komgwaqo, ngoba badinga ukukwenza lokho bekude kakhulu.
- Mayelana nokugcina impahla iphephile kuma-drones, igcine ingabonakali noma nini lapho kungenzeka. Gcina wonke amathuluzi abalulekile nezinto zokusebenza esakhiweni noma endaweni engabonakali emoyeni, uma kungenzeka.
- Khiya izinto zasepulazini futhi ukhiphe okhiye ekuthutheni; gcina okhiye endaweni evikelekile amasela angeke akwazi ukuyifinyelela.
- Sebenzisa uhlelo Lwenombolo Esetshenziswa Umnikazi. Abalimi nabafuyi bangaba namathuluzi nezinto zokusebenza ezimakwe ngenombolo kamazisi okuthi uma ihlolwa kusizindalwazi sikazwelonke, ixhume impahla ebuyisiwe nomnikazi ofanele.
- Sebenzisa i-SmartWater, ubuchwepheshe obusha be-forensic ukusiza abomthetho ekubuyiseni impahla entshontshiwe nokubamba amasela. Umkhiqizo uwuketshezi umkhiqizi wawo athi lungasetshenziswa cishe kunoma iyiphi indawo kanye nama-fluoresces ngaphansi kokukhanya kwe-ultraviolet. Noma ubani othinta into ephawulwe nge-SmartWater uzocosha ikhodi yekhemikhali - ngisho nangemva kokuba uketshezi selomile—futhi uzoluthwala esikhumbeni nasezimpahleni zakhe. Ngaphansi kwesibani se-UV, ikhambi likhanya ngokuphuzi ngokugqamile.
Njengelinye iqhinga lokuvikela ubugebengu, uranger Mahoney uthe kubalulekile ukuthi izakhamuzi zasemakhaya zibonakale futhi zibe khona emiphakathini yazo.
“Uma ubazi omakhelwane bakho futhi uxhumana ngaso sonke isikhathi, ngicabanga ukuthi ugcina uvimbele izinkinga eziningi kunalokho okubonayo, kuyilapho nonke nazi futhi nikhuluma,” kusho yena.
- UChristine Souza, eCalifornia Farm Bureau