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A Vancouver resident who saw a camera-mounted drone similar to this one flying outside his Vancouver condo Sunday night filed a complaint with Vancouver police.
A Vancouver resident who saw a camera-mounted drone similar to this one flying outside his Vancouver condo Sunday night filed a complaint with Vancouver police.
Sgt. Randy Fincham said the police force has had 13 complaints about drone or unmanned aerial vehicles this year, 10 of them since May. The most recent incident occurred Sunday night in the 600-block of Abbott in the neighbourhood known as Crosstown.
Conner Galway was sitting outside on the patio of the 36th floor at about 8:30 p.m. when he first saw the drone for about an hour. It came back again around 10:30 p.m.
He said it came close enough for him to see something moving underneath the body of the drone that looked like a camera lens.
"I thought it was concerning," he said.
Fincham said in an email that the VPD would become involved if a drone or other high-tech device was used to view or record a person within their own home or apartment, or if the drone caused damage to property or injured someone.
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As for Russia's "anti-gay propaganda" law, in the 7 years that the previous, similar, regional laws were in effect, they resulted in only 6 prosecutions and 2 convictions, which were later overturned. After six months of the infamous federal law, there were 3 convictions, 2 of which were for acts of civil disobedience against the law itself. Law enforcement have been very restrained when it comes to interpreting and acting on the law itself. In fact, Russia has signed on with the UN Human Rights Council to fight violence and discrimination against homosexuals themselves, and is accountable for fulfilling their agreement. For more information see Brian M. Heiss's "White Paper".