A team of drone developers is looking to capitalise on this crimefighting trend and has created what it calls"next generation drone security" from its Stellenbosch base.
"There's still an operator, who has a remote and can take full manual control of the plane, but the big issue was that we found is that people crash a ton of these drones, and they are extremely expensive," Jacques Burger, director of Conzer, told Business Insider SA. These functions have been tested at game reserves in South Africa, where owners are desperately attempting to combat poaching. Although these specific drones haven't actively led to the capture of a poacher, yet, Conzer's demonstrations have piqued the interest of reserve owners.
The same capabilities that have attracted game reserves looking to protect their animals can also be translated to crimefighting initiatives in the urban environment, with certain legislative approvals.
Kamakazi drones would be even better