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Tag: crime

  • Drones tracking shoplifters

    Is sending a drone after a shoplifter really the best thing?

    “Instead of a 911 call [that triggers the drone], it’s an alarm call,” says Keith Kauffman, a former police chief who now directs Flock’s drone program. “It’s still the same type of response.”

    Kauffman walked through how the drone program might work in the case of retail theft: If the security team at a store like Home Depot, for example, saw shoplifters leave the store, then the drone, equipped with cameras, could be activated from its docking station on the roof.

    “The drone follows the people. The people get in a car. You click a button,” he says, “and you track the vehicle with the drone, and the drone just follows the car.” 

    The video feed of that drone might go to the company’s security team, but it could also be automatically transmitted directly to police departments.

  • The Great Egg Heist

    It’s got the makings of a screwball caper, how a freight truck with 280,000 eggs were stolen.

    …shipment headed from Maryland to Florida: 280,000 brown eggs, sizes large and extra large.

    They belonged to Cal-Maine Foods, which boasts being “number one in the pecking order” of egg supply. About 1 of every 5 eggs sold in America are laid by a Cal-Maine hen. They line the refrigerated shelves of Walmarts, Costcos and other supermarkets, labeled Eggland’s Best, Land O’Lakes and various generic brands.

    By gobbling up its competitors,Cal-Maine built an egg empire without most egg eaters knowing the company’s name. But by the April afternoon when the 280,000 eggs left the farm, that was beginning to change.