Agreed. AFAIK officers were just knocking on every household asking about the drone and more than a few collaborated the story. They suspect it was checking for cars to see who's home. But I doubt it's true.
Yeah, I just can't seeing it making things easier. I guess if you didn't want to be seen driving down the street, but they would have to be robbed almost immediately after the flyover or the intel would no longer be useful.
And you can't really camp in one spot for more than 12 minutes or so due to battery life and needing time to get there and get back.
But criminals aren't always smart, even when they're trying to be. So it's possible.
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