A crime reported on Hawaiian homelands may someday trigger police to dispatch a flying drone with the quick press of a button.
That’s the pitch Hawaiʻi Department of Law Enforcement Director Mike Lambert made Tuesday to the Hawaiian Homes Commission as he underscored the utility of drones, artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies to help deter drug activity, burglary, squatting, illegal dumping and domestic abuse on homesteads.
The reality, Lambert told commissioners, is this: Law enforcement in Hawaiʻi is short-staffed. Placing a patrol officer in every neighborhood is unrealistic. That’s where technology can be used to fill in the gaps.
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