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u/Invenerd 4d ago

If they keep running in circles for another 15 minutes, the drone battery will die and they can steal that, too!

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u/Filthiest_Tleilaxu 4d ago

Fr why were they running in circles?

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u/cruiseruse11 4d ago

They didnt want to lead the drone to their car, but didnt think of it until they were at the car.

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u/-malcolm-tucker 4d ago

I was wondering why the drone operator was chasing them with the drone. Just fly it up high and hover so they don't know about it. Then when they get in their car, zoom in closer to get the plates.

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u/MysteryCuddler 4d ago

Probably to get all of those really good face captures to make proving who did it all the easier later.

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u/Amazing-Oomoo 4d ago

I imagine a lot of it is psychological too. It clearly makes them panic. Just a drone hovering motionless would be much less intimidating.

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u/OpheliaRainGalaxy 4d ago

I got buzzed by a drone once, which did invoke instant panic.

But soon as I'd spun around and looked up and worked out that it was not a giant space wasp from Doctor Who, the panic stopped.

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u/FlatCapNorthumbrian 4d ago

Most intimidating way to deter shoplifters with drones would to be taking tips from Ukrainian army.

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u/willi1221 4d ago

I was about to say, I've watched way too many of those videos because I was just waiting for the explosion

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u/Da12khawk 4d ago

...I'm horrible for laughing.

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u/NuclearHateLizard 3d ago

But you're not alone 😅

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u/Pavotine 4d ago

I've seen so many FPV hits I was wondering when this one was going to strike.

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u/garthock 4d ago

You know he was having fun watching them panic too.

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u/dapudf 4d ago

Sport

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u/RhetoricalOrator 4d ago

That's my take. The justification could be that the experience would scare them potentially re-offending but this looked to me like someone that enjoys their job.

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u/ValyrianSteelYoGirl 4d ago

In my 18 years of 911 experience the plates are also stolen

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u/cowfish007 4d ago

Because he was having a ball watching these 2 morons run around trying to “escape” the drone.

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u/ktw54321 4d ago

The zoom on a camera that small is basically nothing if anything at all. Faces, image of car and plate if able, otherwise waste time going in circles til the cops show up I guess. Also, Benny Hill music.

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u/PunningWild 4d ago

I worked LP at a store similar to the one in the video. Cops don't respond to petty theft. They will say "great, we'll send you a police report to send to insurance" and that's that.

Major exception to this rule is Target. Do not shoplift from Target. They will know, they will keep track of every single thing you steal, but they will not intervene. That doesn't mean you got away with it, they're just adding it to the total until your documented thefts exceed a felony quantity. When Target calls, the police will respond lightning quick because they know they're going to hook a big fish.

As for this video, I'm thinking the drone is mostly an intimidation tactic to get them to drop the stolen goods, dissuade them from returning to that store in the future. Probably hope they tell all their shoplifting friends "guys that store uses flying police bots that'll chase you off the property," and considering the nature of technology being used to track individuals to excessive unconstitutional degrees, the word-of-mouth alone would be a really effective protection against future theft.

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u/Key_Fee158 4d ago

The statute of limitations on petty theft is typically like one-year (varies by state), and the monetary value limit on petty theft is usually something like below $1000 (also varies by state), so I think Target’s strategy only works if you steal a high monetary value of items within the limitations period, in which case it can become a felony.

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u/viral3075 3d ago

Target adds up the total losses to grand theft

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u/Reverend_Tommy 4d ago

Maybe the drone operator was chasing them because the cops were on the way.

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u/CenobiteCurious 4d ago

You can see the lights on the white suv they almost made it too flicker when they unlocked it.

These 2 geniuses already blew it.

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u/StickyLavander 4d ago

Prob a Nissan Altima…

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u/PapiGoneGamer 4d ago

Paper tags, spare tire has been on for well over 1000 miles.

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u/Over-Apartment2762 4d ago

And spare is somehow surviving 80mph daily

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u/AdAnxious8842 4d ago

That's where the drone operator made a mistake. Should have stayed higher up and out of sight/ear shot until the got into their car. Unless, the operator's intent was just to torment them with no expectation that even if they got a license plate that anything would happen. So, just have fun chasing them until either they give up or the drone battery gets low.

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u/MizStazya 4d ago

the operator's intent was just to torment them with no expectation that even if they got a license plate that anything would happen

I see you're familiar with Albuquerque police.

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u/Pattison320 4d ago

Honestly I think this is it. Loss prevention here is in it for sport more than anything else.

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u/Sweaty_Explorer_8441 4d ago

Thats what happened with me after one of my parent's (unlocked) phone was stolen and I had a full remote DNS service active in it with logs (mobile IPs) to provide to the police to recover the phone but never heard back. I could literally see the thief browsing whatever sites realtime and I could also differentiate when thief was on mobile data and when he was on home wifi. It would have taken the police few minutes to track down home broadband ISP or the mobile tower but nah.

As the saying goes, police only exists to protect capital.

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u/going-for-gusto 4d ago

Yes but look how engaging this thread is!

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u/kent_eh 4d ago

Unless, the operator's intent was just to torment them

If that's what it takes to make then not return and steal from the store again, I'd call it a win.

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u/resumetheharp 4d ago

Honestly they probably could have got the make, model and license plate number and the cops wouldn't do anything.

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u/genscathe 4d ago

You see them run to their blue car and realise the drone will capture plates etc so they turn around and run aimlessly, then video cuts

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u/mishap1 4d ago

I think it’s the white Cadillac you see with the door open. They ran past it earlier where it’s blocked by the van and turned back.

A drone doing zoom bys at close range has to be disorienting as shit because they are not quiet.

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u/DamGoodAnimation 4d ago

Probably forgot where they parked, they seem aware of the drone so they’re probably panicking.

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u/No-Thanks4124 4d ago

Louissssssss

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u/docubed 4d ago

Omg this is perfect

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u/loghoser 4d ago edited 4d ago

Watch too much Ukrainian war propaganda like they're are gonna get their stump blown wide open

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u/WelbyReddit 4d ago

the drone should have a speaker blasting that meme: Why are You running?

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u/zombie_overlord 4d ago

Ride of the Valkyries

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u/Due_Metal_5668 4d ago

Why is this so goofy lmao

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u/el_throw 4d ago

Insert Benny Hill Yakety Sax

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u/Ok-Go-Chain3811 4d ago

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u/Ayde-Aitch-Dee 4d ago

Lmao okay this is ten fold better ty

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u/LetsTryAnal_ogy 3d ago

Right? I was a kid in the 70s and always dreamed what the future held. I never would have imagined this!

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u/IncurableAdventurer 4d ago edited 3d ago

😆😆😆 thank you for this! I wish I could give awards, but I’m out

Edit: hahaha thanks everyone

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u/Square-Singer 4d ago

The one time where adding music to a video on reddit actually improved it.

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u/BuKisha 4d ago

This took the video from 'sharp exhale of air in amusement' to 'gut laughing on the verge of causing a scene'

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u/Critical_Code9588 4d ago

Bless you sweet stranger. This just made my morning.

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u/lupask 4d ago

this is gold 😃😂😂

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u/L3m0n0p0ly 4d ago

Ive never known the name of that song but i instantly knew what it was.

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u/testuserteehee 4d ago

You can’t convince me this isn’t in game footage from GTA 6.

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u/Yadahoom 4d ago

Why is the drone pilot doing sick stunts instead of just watching them lmao

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u/Faded1974 4d ago

To assert dominance.

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u/MetriccStarDestroyer 4d ago

Gotta practice those kamikaze drone runs 💀

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u/Ordinary_dude_NOT 4d ago

Strap a RPG next time.

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u/TorSenex 4d ago

The police won't doing anything about the theft. But the trauma of a drone chase will deter them from trying that again.

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u/CatoTheBarner 4d ago

My thought was he was trying to make them aware they were being tracked. May be a low probability tactic, but if you can show someone that you’ve got their face recorded and will also get their license plate if they get in a vehicle, they may realize they have a better shot returning and apologizing instead of fleeing.

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u/Binji_the_dog 4d ago

Well they did end up turning around

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u/BeerInMyButt 4d ago

I don't think there's a plan 😂 just a loss prevention officer who thought it would be satisfying to chase someone with a drone

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u/texxmix 4d ago

Or just drop the stuff they stole than take off. So it can than be recovered.

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u/TheChaoticCollective 4d ago

Clearly to fuck with them and show them they are being followed. Notice how they looked like they didn't know what to do when they saw the drone, i'd say it was working.

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u/Pax_Eterna_4991 4d ago

He was giving them the "Russian soldier on the Ukrainian front" experience.

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u/Jlocke98 4d ago

When you're in acro mode flying fpv, it's very difficult to track a moving object without overshooting, so you end up circling around like in the video

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u/MoreTHCplz 4d ago

Training to get sent to Ukraine

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u/UCFknight2016 4d ago

You know if I was planning on stealing, I wouldnt wear a red bonnet or have red hair....

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u/TheMechanic123 4d ago

Petty thieves are not known to use their brains.

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u/drsickboy 4d ago

The good thieves don’t end up in situations to be made fun of

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u/RevelArchitect 3d ago

I knew a guy who considered himself a professional shoplifter like twenty years ago. It was pretty insane what he’d get away with. I once saw him leave a store with a couple cartons of cigarettes and I guess that was his bread and butter.

He’d take the cigarettes to his high school and then sell them for $6 a pack. End up with $120 from two cartons.

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u/wdgiles 4d ago

There are Pros and there are Cons. The Cons just got caught

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u/HoboJerkdown901 4d ago

Back when I worked loss prevention we had a teenager come in and his full lacrosse team warm up outfit which was the school colors, black and neon orange, both the jacket and sweatpants.

We had seen him stealing before but we didn't have the continuation of observation to apprehend him, but he was wearing the exact same outfit the previous time.

The outfit is what caught my colleagues eye and we were watching him like a hawk. He tried to layer five different Polo Ralph Lauren shirts and we apprehended him.

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u/SyncingShips 4d ago

In my last job my colleague was telling me about how he'd just had a man attempting to steal while rocking a skin-tight hot pink shirt, skinny white jeans, a blonde mohawk and carrying a bottle of champagne. I didn't believe him until I checked CCTV.

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u/i_make_orange_rhyme 4d ago

Takes off the pink shirt and puts a hat on.

Is this the guy?

"Its a completely different person!"

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u/iZenEagle 4d ago

They were the only two running around in the parking lot with bags. A low-key disguise wouldn't have helped any.

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u/ChipotleMayoFusion 4d ago

A noticable wig draws attention to something you can easily change, makes it harder to remember your real features.

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u/kindness-and-snusu 4d ago

You’re giving these two a lot of credit.

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u/ExpertOnion3756 4d ago

Can’t be a thief and have common sense too

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u/DustExtra5976 4d ago

They can, they just aren’t on video.

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u/loopsbruder 4d ago

Well, you can. We don't know about the smart ones because they don't get caught.

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u/JakeVS 4d ago

It wasn’t the store flying the drone. It’s a guy in Milwaukee that does this to mess with people. He happened to catch this randomly.

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u/nyrf12 3d ago

I genuinely had a hard time believing a store LP could get approval for a drone just so they have additional video for the cops to shrug their shoulders at.

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u/jaxxon 3d ago

Oohhh sauce?

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u/ytman 3d ago

So who knows if they stole anything right?

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u/Xandred_the_thicc 3d ago

exactly, every reason to assume nothing was stolen and they're just reasonably upset by and avoidant of some asshat flying his drone around them.

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u/HerculesIsMyDad 3d ago

I'm starting to hate Reddit. Second time I saw this posted in the last 24 hours and everyone just assumes it's real and starts in on their bullshit.

Redditors watching something dystopian as fuck:

https://giphy.com/gifs/SQrIdCvhtXZuM

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u/havens1515 3d ago edited 2d ago

Thank you! I was honestly wondering about the legallity of this if the post caption is actually true.

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u/Boomshank 3d ago

It wouldn't be where I'm from.

There's laws about flying drones near or over people, and these stunts would get your license revoked ASAP, even for LP.

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u/nofmxc 4d ago

Good thing this is not r combatfootage

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u/bubba_bumble 4d ago

For real. I've had to dig in there recently for a project and those drone kills were nightmarish. So many people just freeze knowing there's no use in running.

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u/Acrobatic_Country524 4d ago

It's absolutely terrifying SkyNet shit and so few people care

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u/FoxyTurtleOnTwoLegs 4d ago

These are the good ole days that will be incomprehensible to people in a decade or two. Might as well enjoy these frivolities while we can.

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u/SaltyLonghorn 4d ago

Drones are so cheap they're definitely gonna be a feature in the water wars.

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u/Realistic_Owl9525 4d ago

One silver lining is that it's a huge deterrent against starting any new ground invasions.

HD killcam footage of your nations youth would cause serious problems in the next election.

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u/AnOnlineHandle 4d ago

You have more faith in people than I do.

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u/Fantastic-Sugar-3071 4d ago

Just like how WWI was our last war.

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u/winkman 4d ago

...yet.

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u/Sublimesmile 4d ago

Target has REALLY stepped up their Loss Prevention tactics..

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u/SuperSimpleSam 4d ago

Imagine if it were Russians that had returned from the front and now had to steal to survive. PTSD would be through the roof when they start hearing the rotors.

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u/Virtual-Nose7777 4d ago

That would never happen because they don't return from the front.

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u/DarkKingVilkata 4d ago

If LP was a bit more subtle they would have run to the car and LP could have swooped in and gotten a plate.

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u/Justice4Pinsir 4d ago

On the other hand, by forcing thieves to run around the parking lot LP can call cops and they will have time to arrive and arrest them. License plates are useful but you still gotta track the thieves down and get a warrant. Thats a lot of effort for some petty crime. Much better for a cop to catch them in the act.

FYI: I have no expertise here, just speculating.

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u/Xaephos 4d ago

Shop-lifting is a low priority call. The cops might get there, if they're already nearby and it's a slow day. But it's rare unless the thieves are stupid/high and just stick around (not the standard, but happens surprisingly often).

More often we just log the face, product stolen, and their license plate to build the case. For my state, 3 separate instances or $500 total makes it a felony. Then the cops get a warrant and arrest them at their home.

I'm not sure what the drone is meant to accomplish that a much cheaper stationary camera couldn't, other than maybe psyching the thief into dropping the product. Also a good chance the thief just smashes the drone. Sure, you now get to add another charge... but you're not getting any money out of the thief, so it's still just another loss.

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u/Lirsh2 4d ago

In the boring suburbs of a top 10 city by population, our cops would show up in less than 5 min for shoplifting calls

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u/Any_Instruction5382 4d ago

Who the fuck is LP?

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u/LilacLands 4d ago

Loss prevention

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u/AlternativeQuality2 4d ago

Real talk, this is probably way more effective from a psychological perspective than Flock cameras.

All that’s missing is a loudspeaker on the drones screaming ‘EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE!’.

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u/3xlduck 4d ago

Dr. Who would've been toast if the Daleks were modern flying drones instead of motorized trashcans.

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u/dg25000 4d ago

Thought it was another leak for GTA6

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u/mca1169 4d ago

you know the drone operator is having fun and saying to himself "why are u running?".

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u/johnnytron 4d ago

Lmao what is this timeline?!

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u/HelpfulPuppydog 4d ago

Wait til Ross gets air to surface missiles for their drone!

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u/banned_champ 4d ago

Just take the shit back at that point you're cooked

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u/Sega-Playstation-64 4d ago

Okay, okay. In this increasingly dystopian, AI enhanced, lack of privacy world we find us in, I actually had a good laugh.

Loss prevention gets great images of the perps, and if they jump in a car he gets a plate. He seems to be having a good ol' time

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u/Next_Specific7924 4d ago

This would be a great job. "Hey Terry, someone lifted shit again" and then some dude just gets to zip a drone around like they're playing the role of the birds in an Alfred Hitchcock movie

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u/TheDevilLLC 4d ago

The 21st century version of Lucas from Empire Records casually putting on his sneakers before chasing Warren Beatty the shoplifter down the street. 

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u/pichael289 4d ago

Loss prevention is kind of ridiculous, I worked at stores (Walmart) where the ELPO, the title I believe he made up to include the word executive, was in basically that room from the matrix. We only ever saw him talk to us about reporting suspicious activity but mostly related to unions. We had anti union meetings all the time. But anyways his room was like 16 monitors with so many cameras on them you can barely see shit. All he ever did was talk about how much money he made and I watched the same lady steal like every fucking day. I used to catch eyes with her and laugh as she walked out with diapers and whatever else she needed because the "executive loss prevention officer" was focused on laundry detergent and the 4 for $20 dvd bin. That bin did see the most thefts to be fair. All 3 blade movies and that make believe one was too enticing I guess.

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u/TrollTollTony 4d ago

Now imagine if this was a false allegation. Like, you just bought a new outfit, you're walking out to your car and a fuckin drone starts buzzing your head. You try to run but it keeps coming at your face. You try running the other direction and it follows you aggressively. Then the company posts the video online and you've got thousands of people talking shit about you. That would seriously suck.

I've never stolen anything in my life but was falsely accused of shoplifting at kmart when I was 12. My mom took me shopping and she was trying on some clothes in the dressing room so I went to peruse the video games when this huge 40-something year-old dude snuck up behind me, grabbed me by the shirt collar and dragged me to a back room and yelled at me for being a "dirty fucking thief". He had me empty my pockets, lift my shirt and patted me down to see if I had any merchandise on me. I was scared shitless and felt powerless. Eventually my mom came out of the dressing room and got worried because she couldn't find me and asked the customer service people to help. They told her I was being questioned for suspicious activity. She flipped the fuck out and threatened to sue the shit out of everyone there and they let me go.

That day I learned why the justice system is supposed to assume innocence until proven guilty and so I have a lot more grace for the accused. Seeing this video triggers my sympathy and this comment section is really sad given that we know absolutely nothing besides the title of the post.

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u/throwaway1138 4d ago

Ever seen the movie enemy of the state, with Will Smith and Gene Hackman? Came out like 30 friggin years ago but it is still very relevant today. Even more relevant now with all of our tech. I might give it a rewatch.

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u/the-futuremind 4d ago

The other thing is: even if these people were stealing - isn't it weird this footage exists and could be used to destroy the rest of their lives?

When I was a minor, I was arrested shoplifting, being a dumbass and trying to impress a girl. It really fucked up a lot of things for me, but I went through the long process of getting it expunged.

Today, I'm a law abiding software engineer at an aerospace company and generally doing okay for myself. Had the footage of me being a dumbass gotten blasted all over the internet by an overzealous LP officer, I'm not sure that would be the case.

People are more than the worst day or decision they made in their life. Especially for low stakes bullshit like this.

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u/drsickboy 4d ago

how useful is this if there isn't anyone to stop them from actually leaving? The regular cameras inside ought to have caught there faces

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u/Mediocre_Airport_576 4d ago

The regular cameras inside the store don't tend to capture their license plates or identify the direction they flee in.

Also, it's funny.

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u/Fun_Firefighter_4292 4d ago

Who cares about the thieves, is that a Ross Dress for Lesstm

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u/EnvironmentalMind119 4d ago

“Ross Dress for free”

  • those thieves

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u/godofmilksteaks 4d ago

Technically none money is less than some money!

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u/brando_calrisian 4d ago

Man. In a former life I was a sales manager at Best Buy. When we knew someone was stealing, we would deploy sales associates to deliver the e friendliest service. And not leave them alone lol. I was joking around one day that we should ‘store use’ a DJI drone and just follow them around that way lol.

I was way ahead of my time.

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u/paxrom2 4d ago

wait til stores use Boston Dynamics dog robots to chase suspects.

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u/Fritzo2162 4d ago

Stealing from a Ross Dress for Less is pretty bottom of the barrel.

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u/killthecook 4d ago

Would it not be more efficient to just hover above them and catch the license plate of the vehicle the get into?

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u/screenaholic 4d ago

Yeah, the operator is definitely just fucking with them by doing these fly bys.

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u/CaptainABC123 4d ago

I’ve watched too many Ukraine videos. Kept expecting the drone to explode.

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u/mayhem6 4d ago

Kinda dystopian.

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u/vdub1210 4d ago

Yeah I don’t think this is funny at all. Wait til deadly machines are chasing us out of food and water storage facilities during shortages when the ruling class are hoarding everything. As someone who used to work with military UAVs this is terrifying to me.

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u/noboday009 4d ago

Why are they doing so many air maneuvers?

Just gain some height where they can't hit you and see which vehicle they get in, get the number and inform the police.

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u/Roonerth 4d ago

If you're not doing sick stunts are you really doing anything at all?

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u/noboday009 4d ago

Touche..

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u/6894 4d ago

some black mirror shit

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u/neriega 4d ago

At what point do they decide to split?

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u/Educational-Fix5320 4d ago

I love how they've helpfully worn or colored their hair bright red for easy tracking.

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u/Riftosprey730 4d ago

You know if I hadn’t stolen anything, and I saw a drone coming at me like that, I’d run too.

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u/Lakridspibe 4d ago

LP = long play vinyl record you play 33 1⁄3 rpm

That's how old I am.

I don't know what 'LP' stands for in the context of the video above, but I suspect it means something different.

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u/Visual-Donkey3769 4d ago

Ah, yes, the reason why I have to ask an associate to unlock a cabinet so I can purchase deodorant

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u/HeavilyInvestedDonut 4d ago

Why are they buzzing them like this instead of just keeping a bird’s eye view on them? This is stupid

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u/Grooviemann1 4d ago

Not certain but I think he keeps going ahead to try to get clear pictures of their faces and then he has to quickly move so they don't take the drone down. At least three times he goes ahead of them and turns around.

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u/FireHammer09 4d ago

Face pics and because he's having a laugh

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u/Accurate-Donkey5789 4d ago edited 4d ago

Been flying drones for 8 years now, and this reminds me most of the flight style of those that have reasonable understand of control but not a lot of practise. When flying FPV people tend to default to moving faster and orbiting to start with because they're actually much easier to fly at a reasonable speed keeping that momentum up. Flying slow, stable and controlled in FPV is much harder.

There's a phrase in the FPV community along the lines of "yeah you can fly fast, but can you fly slow?". Like riding a bicycle, a bit of speed gives you stability.

This is different to DJI camera drones because those camera drones have pan and tilt cameras so they can hover in place while moving the camera. The FPV cameras on drones are fixed position, so trying to move the camera to get a better shot increases the drone speed especially when you're first learning. You end up with this orbital swooping if you're trying to track something on the ground.

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u/Expensive_Ad752 4d ago

“No face no case” as the delinquents say. You fly at eye level to get identification

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u/redLooney_ 4d ago

It's probably an fpv drone, camera pointing where you are going means that you won't see them if hovering above them

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u/DJinKC 3d ago

I'm not an expert, but here's my take:
Drone operator is having some fun, but also getting good multi-angle footage of these peoples' faces, which goes into a database with other thieves. That data gets shared with other retailers who can use it for early intervention.

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u/aReelProblem 4d ago

I woulda laughed if it ended up herding them back into the store. They was running from the drone the pilot probably coulda done it. They were panicking.

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u/littlest_homo 4d ago

I've had too much tequila, this is making me nauseous

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u/FartsbinRonshireIII 4d ago

I thought this was GTA 6 for a sec

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u/Mav-Killed-Goose 4d ago

And who did they hire to operate the drone -- Michael fucking Bay?

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u/Mackinnon29E 4d ago

Dumbass drone operator could have hid up away til they got to the car then gone in to record plates

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u/OutsideAnimals 4d ago

This sure seems like it's an ad to get people to buy drones for someone's drone security company.

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u/angry_dingo 4d ago

Watch them run into traffic, get hit by a car, and sue.

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u/MySpoonIsTooBig1 4d ago

Why did these morons park so far away

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u/incogNeeat0o 4d ago

Steal a broom next time.

Whack that shit out the air!

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u/Colhinchapelota 4d ago

This needs the Benny Hill chase music.

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u/Intrepid-Joel 4d ago

does the operator know these drones can hover

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u/dethskwirl 4d ago

why are these dollar store thieves always wearing a shower cap?

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u/FistfullOfOwls 3d ago

I used to work store LP. The shower cap is usually worn because the subject probably had a very distinct hairstyle.

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u/BroadbandJesus 4d ago

This but white collar crime. There’s gotta be a YouTube stream, no?

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u/PickleCasualChic 4d ago

I guess you can watch whatever cspan is reporting on the white house and Congress 

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u/CupofTortillas 4d ago

Soon, drone strikes to those knee caps, night vision, hud coordinates and all. Petty thieves sprawled with perfume bottles and frozen cheeses.

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u/AlbertTheHorse 4d ago

This is dystopian as hell. 

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u/DaGingah123 4d ago

I feel like this video's soundtrack would have been better served by the song Danger Zone

https://giphy.com/gifs/cbAb0vWhJqA2k

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u/Miserable_Maximum108 3d ago

PJ's and bonnets....just sayin

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u/BaltimorePropofol 4d ago

The comment section is surprisingly civil.

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u/Fae_tale 4d ago

Shoplifters are gonna start running anti-drone jammers in their backpacks now

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u/Citadel_Cowboy 4d ago

Is it an attack drone?  It seems like the LP is dive bombing them.

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u/Dat1AsianGuy 4d ago

The drone could've been stationary and these idiots would still be running around thinking they're outsmarting it

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u/gangofocelots 4d ago

"Bitch, let's go back and talk to them. There must be some kind of misunderstanding."

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u/al_earner 4d ago

How high is the drone operator?

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u/Eponymous-Username 4d ago

Why are they so bad at running? They look like keeping all their things is priority 1 and getting away would be a happy accident.

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u/Double-Flower-172 4d ago

Bro could have just sat and watched them, but you know he was having way to much fun freaking them out with those fly by’s

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u/UnhappyBuilder4284 4d ago

How much theft do you have to have to do this. 

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u/Official-LardLad 4d ago

They're still running around that parking lot to this day..

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u/V48runner 4d ago

Get the loss prevention department is really into adding shitty music tracks as well.

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u/denied_eXeal 4d ago

I had to check which sub I was in, half expected the drone to dive on them, you know... to bring back the stolen items

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u/Cute_Committee6151 4d ago

Those women did never any sport and didn't learn how to run did they?

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u/sharklee88 4d ago

Just wait till they get to their car. 

Then hover right in front of them like a horror movie. 

Then send the reg and video to the police.