'Police are to use unmanned spy drones to monitor anti-social motorists, protesters, agricultural thieves and flytippers.

'BAE Systems, which produces a unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) for war zones, are developing the military-style planes for a consortium of government agencies led by Kent Police. Similar aerial devices have been used in the war in Afghanistan. Using the same techniques in the UK will undoubtedly raise concerns about the expansion of covert state surveillance.

'Documents from the South Coast Partnership, a Home Office-backed project, have revealed that the police are developing the drone plan with BAE. The documents have come to light under the Freedom of Information Act. They reveal that the partnership intends to use the drone in time for the 2012 Olympics. They also suggest that the police have talked about selling the surveillance data to private companies.' (Scotsman article).

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