Ke hoʻohana nei ka poʻe ʻaihue i nā drones e ʻimi i nā mahiʻai a me nā ranches, e ʻimi ana i kā lākou helu nui aʻe.
"Ua loaʻa iā mākou kekahi mau hana hewa, me kekahi mau quads i lawe ʻia mai kahi mamao loa ma kahi hānai holoholona," ʻo Solano County, Kaleponi, ʻo Sgt. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Jim Currie. "ʻAʻole hiki iā mākou ke noʻonoʻo i ke kumu e ʻike ai kekahi i laila."
I ka hopena, ua hoʻoholo ka poʻe noiʻi i ka poʻe ʻaihue i hoʻohana i nā drones, i kapa ʻia hoʻi nā kaʻa mokulele unmanned a i ʻole UAV, e ʻimi i nā lako e ʻaihue.
"He aha ka mea kūʻokoʻa e pili ana iā mākou, a ʻo ka mea i hopu i kā mākou nānā, ʻo ia ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā drones. He mea hou kēia iā mākou, a ʻaʻole wau e manaʻo e hele ana kēia, "wahi a Currie.
Ua hopu ʻia ʻelua mau kānaka i ka mahina i hala aku nei a hoʻopiʻi ʻia no ka ʻaihue nui, ka hewa a me ka ʻaihue no ka ʻaihue ʻana i nā mea hana ma mua o $100,000, nā lako mahiʻai a me nā waiwai ʻē aʻe mai nā wahi kuaʻāina.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Ryan Mahoney, kahu bipi a me nā hipa o ke Kalana ʻo Solano, ʻo kāna lako mahiʻai, ka mea i loaʻa hou ʻia e nā luna kānāwai, he ʻāpana ia o ka hana hewa.
"ʻO nā lawehala a mākou e hana nei he poʻe ʻaihue liʻiliʻi," wahi a Mahoney. "Ua hana lākou i kahi ʻoihana mai kēia. ʻIke lākou i nā waiwai o ka mea e lawe ai a me ka mea e lawe ʻole ai.
"Makemake au e piʻi mai lākou a noi mai iaʻu i hoʻokahi haneli kālā, ma mua o ka hana ʻino ʻana a hana i kēlā manaʻo o ka hana ʻino," wahi āna.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Currie ua lohe ʻo ia i nā hōʻike e ʻike ana nā ʻelele ma nā kalana ʻē aʻe i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā drones a me nā ʻenehana ʻē aʻe e nā ʻaihue, a ua hoʻohui ʻo ia e kūkākūkā ana ʻo ia i ka pilikia me nā hoa o ka California Rural Crime Prevention Task Force.
ʻO Detective Don Stuhmer o ka San Joaquin County Sheriff's Agricultural Crimes Unit, ka mea i noho i ka pūʻulu hana, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua ʻike ʻo ia i nā hui hana holoholona e hoʻohana ana i nā drones e kiʻi i nā kiʻi no kā lākou kumu. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻaʻole ia i kahaha no ka hoʻohana ʻana o nā ʻaihue i nā drones.
"E ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā drones no nā poʻe ʻino e ʻimi i kahi waiwai no nā mea a lākou e ʻaihue ai," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Stuhmer, me ka ʻike ʻana e hiki i kekahi ke kūʻai i kahi drone no ka liʻiliʻi o $35.
"ʻO ka ʻenehana kahi wahi e ʻike maikaʻi ai ka poʻe ʻino a hoʻohana i kēlā me kēia lā," wahi āna. “Ke ʻike nei mākou i ka lekiō mākaʻi e ʻimi nei i nā polokalamu ma nā kelepona ʻino, a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ke kūʻai ʻana i nā waiwai ʻaihue ma nā kahua pūnaewele. Ua hopu wale mākou i kahi kanaka e kūʻai aku ana i nā ʻāpana GPS tractor i ʻaihue ma eBay.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Robert Spiegel, he loio no ka California Farm Bureau, ʻo ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā drones ma Kaleponi "he wahi paʻakikī o ke kānāwai e ulu mau nei, no ka mea he hana hou ia."
Hoʻoponopono ʻia ka hana o nā drones e ka Federal Aviation Administration. Pono ia, no ka laʻana, e mālama nā mea hana drone i kā lākou hana i loko o kā lākou laina o ka ʻike i ka wā e lele ana nā UAV.
ʻO nā kānāwai mokuʻāina i hoʻoholo ʻia, ʻōlelo ʻo Spiegel, pāpā i nā mea hoʻohana drone mai ke keʻakeʻa ʻana i ka hana a nā mea pane mua a pāpā i nā mea hana mai ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā kiʻi o nā hana pilikino a pilikino paha.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻo ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā drones e nā ʻaihue e lilo i mea ʻōlelo aʻo i ka poʻe mahiʻai a me nā kahu hānai.
"ʻO nā lā i hiki ai iā mākou ke haʻalele i nā mea hana i loko o ke kula ma waena o kahi pō i hala," wahi a Spiegel. "Pono mākou e hana i mea paʻakikī i nā mea hana hewa o ko mākou kaiāulu e hiki ke loaʻa kālā mai kā mākou ʻoluʻolu."
Ma ke Kalana ʻo Solano, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Currie, ua hoʻomaka nā ʻaihue kōkua drone i ka waena o Pepeluali a hoʻomau a hiki i Malaki 8, i ka wā i hopu ʻia ai nā mea hoʻopiʻi ʻelua.
Ua hoʻomaha ka hihia ma hope o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana o ka poʻe ʻaihue i ka alarm ma ke kūlanakauhale o ka hale mālama wai ʻino o Dixon, kahi i hopu ʻia ai nā mea hoʻopiʻi.
Ua ʻōlelo ke poʻo nui o ka mea kanu wai ʻino no Dixon, ʻo Sandy Jones, ua loaʻa i nā luna pane i ke kaʻa o ka poʻe i hoʻopiʻi ʻia, nā waiwai ʻaihue - a me ʻelua mau drones, i kāʻili ʻia mai ke kaʻa.
Mai ka haʻihaʻi ʻana, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Jones, ua hoʻoikaika ʻia ka palekana o nā mea kanu, me nā laka hou, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā kāmera palekana a me ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā polokalamu ʻike drone kūikawā.
No ka mālama ʻana i ka waiwai mahiʻai mai nā ʻaihue, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Currie i kēia:
- ʻOiai hiki i ka poʻe mahiʻai ke hoʻohana i nā drones no nā kumu mahiʻai, inā hoʻomaka ʻoe e ʻike a lohe paha i kahi drone ma luna o kāu waiwai, e hōʻike i ka mea hoʻokō kānāwai. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e hoʻokuʻu ʻia nā poʻe e hoʻokuʻu ana i nā drones ma ka ʻaoʻao o ke alanui, no ka mea pono lākou e hana pēlā mai kahi mamao loa.
- No ka mālama pono ʻana i ka waiwai mai nā drones, e mālama iā ia mai ka ʻike ʻana inā hiki. E mālama i nā mea hana a me nā mea waiwai a pau i loko o kahi hale a i ʻole i ka ʻike ʻia mai ka lewa, inā hiki.
- E hoʻopaʻa i nā lako mahiʻai a wehe i nā kī mai ka pahu ahi; mālama i nā kī ma kahi paʻa i hiki ʻole i nā ʻaihue ke komo.
- E hoʻohana i ka polokalamu Owner-Applied Number. Hiki i nā mahiʻai a me nā mea hānai holoholona ke loaʻa i nā mea hana a me nā lako i kaha ʻia me ka helu ʻike e hoʻopili ai i ka waiwai i hoʻihoʻi ʻia me ka mea nona ke kuleana.
- E hoʻohana i SmartWater, ʻenehana forensic hou e kōkua i ka hoʻokō kānāwai i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i ka waiwai ʻaihue a me ka hopu ʻana i nā ʻaihue. He wai ka huahana i ʻōlelo ʻia e kāna mea hana hiki ke hoʻopili ʻia ma kahi kokoke i nā ʻili a me nā fluoresces ma lalo o ke kukui ultraviolet. ʻO ka mea hoʻopā i kahi mea i kaha ʻia me SmartWater e ʻohi ʻo ia i ke code kemika - ʻoiai ma hope o ka maloʻo ʻana o ka wai-a lawe ʻia ma luna o ko lākou ʻili a me nā lole. Ma lalo o ke kukui UV, ʻālohilohi ka hopena i kahi melemele ʻālohilohi.
Ma ke ʻano he hoʻolālā pale hewa ʻē aʻe, ʻōlelo ʻo rancher Mahoney he mea nui i nā kamaʻāina kuaʻāina ke ʻike ʻia a noho i ko lākou kaiāulu.
"Inā ʻike ʻoe i kou mau hoalauna a kamaʻilio i nā manawa a pau, manaʻo wau e hoʻopau ʻoe i ka pale ʻana i nā pilikia hou aʻe ma mua o kou ʻike, ke ʻike ʻoe a kamaʻilio," wahi āna.
- Christine Souza, Keʻena Mahiʻai Kaleponi