Crime & Safety
Drones To Patrol Lenox Square Mall: Reports
Pilot program testing use of drones at shopping mall is new part of the Buckhead Security Plan unveiled last year.

ATLANTA - Could drones buzzing overhead be a part of the Lenox Square shopping experience in the near future?
If planners of the Buckhead Security Plan have their way, it is a possibility, according to Reporters Newspapers.
During a meeting on Thursday sponsored by the Buckhead Business Association, Jim Durrett, president of the Buckhead Coalition, said the ambitious security plan announced in December will feature a pilot program with new police technology involving the “novel use of drones to have additional eyes in certain areas,” according to reports.
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Durrett said Lenox Square shopping mall would be a testing ground for the pilot program.
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