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flag Baton Rouge police bought a $1M military drone, sparking privacy and oversight concerns.

flag The Baton Rouge Police Department has acquired a $1 million military-grade surveillance drone, the Stalker VXE30, made by Edge Autonomy in partnership with Lockheed Martin, marking one of the first uses of such a device by a U.S. local police force. flag Designed for foreign military operations, the drone can fly long distances at high speeds and monitor private areas from miles away, raising privacy and civil liberties concerns. flag Critics warn of unchecked surveillance, potential future weaponization, and the growing role of defense contractors in domestic policing. flag The Electronic Frontier Foundation has requested public records to assess oversight, while a separate report revealed Lockheed Martin lost records from 100,000 Air Force investigations due to a corrupted database.

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