<header class="header container" style="margin:0px auto;width:960px;padding:15px 0px 6px;color:#333333;font-family:'Segoe UI', 'proxima-nova', 'proxima-nova-1', 'proxima-nova-2', 'Proxima Nova', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:20.7999992370605px;"><h1 class="h1" style="margin:0px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:-1px;line-height:55px;padding-bottom:15px;font-size:55px;">North Dakota cops will be first in nation to use weaponized drones</h1> <div class="byline" style="font-size:16px;text-transform:capitalize;margin:0px;overflow:hidden;color:#8899a6;border-top-width:1px;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:#cccccc;padding-top:10px;border-bottom-style:none;padding-bottom:0px;width:960px;"> <div class="byline-container" style="float:left;width:960px;overflow:visible;"><img class="avatar" src="http://o.aolcdn.com/dims-global/dims/GLOB/5/24/24/http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2015/03/imag0392.jpg" alt="blogger-avatar" style="border:0px;width:24px;height:24px;float:left;margin-top:-2px;"><span class="by" style="float:none;margin:0px 0px 0px 5px;text-transform:lowercase;">by</span> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/about/editors/andrew-tarantola/" style="color:#3399cc;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank">Andrew Tarantola</a> <span class="bar">|</span> <span class="tweet"><a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/terrortola" target="_blank" style="color:#3399cc;text-decoration:none;text-transform:lowercase;">@terrortola</a></span> <span class="bar">|</span> <span>2 Hours Ago</span><a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fengt.co%2F1PVaKby&text=North%20Dakota%20cops%20will%20be%20first%20in%20nation%20to%20use%20weaponized%20drones&via=engadget" class="social-twitter-link" target="_blank" style="color:#3399cc;text-decoration:none;margin:0px;"><span class="fa fa-twitter fa-lg" style="display:inline-block;line-height:.75em;font-family:FontAwesome;font-size:1.33333333em;vertical-align:-40%;color:#ffffff;margin:0px 4px;"></span> </a><a target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=www.engadget.com%2F2015%2F08%2F27%2Fnorth-dakota-cops-will-be-first-in-nation-to-use-weaponized-dron%2F&t=North%20Dakota%20cops%20will%20be%20first%20in%20nation%20to%20use%20weaponized%20drones" class="social-facebook-link" target="_blank" style="color:#3399cc;text-decoration:none;margin:0px;"><span class="fa fa-facebook fa-lg" style="display:inline-block;line-height:.75em;font-family:FontAwesome;font-size:1.33333333em;vertical-align:-40%;color:#ffffff;margin:0px 4px;"></span> </a><a target="_blank" href="http://www.reddit.com/submit?url=www.engadget.com%2F2015%2F08%2F27%2Fnorth-dakota-cops-will-be-first-in-nation-to-use-weaponized-dron%2F&title=North%20Dakota%20cops%20will%20be%20first%20in%20nation%20to%20use%20weaponized%20drones" class="social-reddit-link" target="_blank" style="color:#3399cc;text-decoration:none;margin:0px;"><span class="fa fa-reddit fa-lg" style="display:inline-block;line-height:.75em;font-family:FontAwesome;font-size:1.33333333em;vertical-align:-40%;color:#ffffff;margin:0px 4px;"></span></a></div></div></header><div class="copy post-body fullbleed" style="line-height:1.6;font-size:16px;padding:15px 0px;margin:0px auto;font-family:'Segoe UI', 'proxima-nova', 'proxima-nova-1', 'proxima-nova-2', 'Proxima Nova', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;overflow:hidden;border-top-width:1px;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:#cccccc;width:auto;color:#333333;"><div class="article-content" style="overflow:hidden;width:630px;float:left;"> <p style="margin:0px 0px 15px;color:#4a4a4a;line-height:24px;padding:0px;"><img alt="FRANCE-CRIME-POLICE-CHILDREN" src="http://o.aolcdn.com/dims-shared/dims3/GLOB/crop/4048x2699+0+0/resize/1200x800!/format/jpg/quality/85/http://hss-prod.hss.aol.com/hss/storage/midas/a8d653d644664157f8d97e888f03f7a2/202537193/466071300.jpg" style="border:0px;height:auto;max-width:960px;display:block;width:960px;margin-bottom:15px;"></p> <p style="margin:0px 0px 15px;color:#4a4a4a;line-height:24px;padding:0px;">North Dakota's <a target="_blank" href="http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/64-2015/documents/15-0259-05000.pdf" target="_blank" style="color:#3399cc;text-decoration:none;">Bill 1328</a> was supposed to be cut and dry. "In my opinion there should be a nice, red line: drones should not be weaponized. Period," Rep. Rick Becker (R-Bismarck), the bill's original sponsor, told a committee hearing back in March, per <em><a target="_blank" href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/08/26/first-state-legalizes-armed-drones-for-cops-thanks-to-a-lobbyist.html" target="_blank" style="color:#3399cc;text-decoration:none;">The Daily Beast</a>.</em>That was going to happen too, at least until an industry lobbying firm got involved. Now, law enforcement agencies in North Dakota are legally allowed to <a target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2015/04/08/police-turn-to-pepper-spraying-drones-in-congested-indian-city/" style="color:#3399cc;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank">arm their UAVs</a> with any manner of weapons, so long as they aren't "<a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEj_4fqDbnM" target="_blank" style="color:#3399cc;text-decoration:none;">lethal</a>".</p> <p style="margin:0px 0px 15px;color:#4a4a4a;line-height:24px;padding:0px;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px 0px 15px;color:#4a4a4a;line-height:24px;padding:0px;">... 생략</p> <p style="margin:0px 0px 15px;color:#4a4a4a;line-height:24px;padding:0px;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px 0px 15px;color:#4a4a4a;line-height:24px;padding:0px;"></p> <div style="text-align:left;"><img src="http://www.meh.ro/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/meh.ro9622.png" width="800" height="600" alt="http://www.meh.ro/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/meh.ro9622.png" class="chimg_photo" style="border:none;"></div> <div style="text-align:left;"><img src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/R_JR-UVPvtw/maxresdefault.jpg" width="800" height="450" alt="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/R_JR-UVPvtw/maxresdefault.jpg" class="chimg_photo" style="border:none;"></div> <div style="text-align:left;"><img src="https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7376/9327706657_20e8b82b0e_b.jpg" width="800" height="800" alt="https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7376/9327706657_20e8b82b0e_b.jpg" class="chimg_photo" style="border:none;"></div><br><p></p> <p style="margin:0px 0px 15px;color:#4a4a4a;line-height:24px;padding:0px;">IT HAS ALREADY BEGUN!!!!</p></div></div>