MCPD’s choice of drone — made by a Chinese company called DJI — is another matter altogether. For all the good the drones are doing, MCPD is putting our people, state and nation at risk by using what doubles as a spy tool of the People’s Republic of China.
Beijing subsidizes the cost of drones, so the choice is easy between a Chinese system and an American one at twice the price. According to a 2017 report from the Los Angeles office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, “DJI aggressively dropped its prices 70 percent” in 2015 alone, stifling competition and driving rivals out of business.
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