A Better Approach to Bimodal Surveillance

Our ally and good friend Ina Von Turow recently expressed her displeasure at the thought of living under continuous surveillance of designated Public areas.

She asked: why not instead allow each individual to have a personal, tiny flying drone as a constant companion, with the drone only turned on when it, or its owner, detected a need? I thought that was a good idea.

If we structure this as a system in which the following conditions are met, I believe it can be a superior system to that proposed in my book:

• The drone is constantly monitoring the environment, but only begins recording and broadcasting its footage if either it detects danger or it is instructed to do so by its owner.
• The activated drone will not only broadcast footage for cloud storage, but it also may call for a Constable if required. 
• To assure quick response to threats, the drone should be activated by a passphrase selected by the owner; something the owner would never otherwise say. For example, if the owner selects the phrase “red blueberries” and says it, within a second the drone will activate.
• The drones must be self-recharging.
• To maximize safety, there should probably be redundancy of drones; i.e. two or even three per person.
• Children and others legally deemed to not be competent adults should have continuous drone surveillance without their consent, as they may need help if they harm themselves.

We thank Ina for her valuable improvement to a Celebration Society. This is, and shall ever remain, an evolving, collaborative co-creation!

Do you have any further suggestions or improvements?