Westport police stated they will not happen in a program to evaluate a “pandemic drone” that can monitor individuals’s temperatures from 190 feet away and discover sneezing, coughing and heart and breathing rates amid the COVID-19 pandemic after issues were raised.
Westport Authorities Chief Foti Koskinas stated in a declaration on Thursday that “after careful consideration and in collaboration with Very first Selectman Jim Marpe, the Westport Police Department has picked not to take part in the Draganfly drone ‘” Flatten the Curve Pilot Program'” after the announcement of it resulted in expressions of public issue and reservation.
On Wednesday, David McGuire, executive director of the ACLU of Connecticut, issued a declaration about the program.
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” The COVID-19 virus is a serious public health danger, so we should not write off tools that might assist alleviate the problem.
Koskinas stated he see the greater potential of the innovation however will.
constantly be responsive and respectful of the issues of citizens.
” It is a fact that the COVID-19 infection continues to spread through the worldwide neighborhood, and therefore poses a severe and credible hazard to us all now and in the future. In our unfaltering commitment to public service, we stay honored to have actually been offered an opportunity to help in a pilot program which could at some point prove to be an important lifesaving tool. We thank Draganfly for providing the pilot program to Westport and seriously hope to be consisted of in future innovations once we are encouraged the program is suitable for Westport,” Koskinas stated in a declaration.
The ACLU stated the fever.
detection may not be precise and might not be valuable in stopping the spread.
of COVID-19 since some people with COVID-19 are asymptomatic and not everyone.
with a fever or cough has COVID-19
” We are not hearing a cry for new surveillance technologies. The immediate requirement at the minute, according to public health specialists, is to ramp up testing capability, reduce transmission through social distancing steps, and support our medical facilities as they deal with an influx of patients,” McGuire said.
