infrared police helicopters

ROBINBANKS

New Member
I don't grow indoors - but that kind of story still makes me angry. Regardless if it's happening in the UK or the US or anywhere where liberty is *supposed* to be an inalienable part of life and held in highest regard. Especially within the sanctity of the home.

In the first place, who the hell is signing no-knock search warrants on homes with nothing more than the heat signature coming from a small wood-burning stove? And the law enforcement officers that stated they smelled marijuana in the backyard? They just proved themselves to either be dangerously incompetent, or just proved they have no problem with providing false testimony. Sickening.

When are people going to wake up and realize that the pay-off for a war on drugs is nothing more than organized crime, crowded prisons, ruined lives, and the loss of basic rights? I know I'm preaching to the choir here - but it's almost maddening how everyone's constitutional rights have been subverted up to this point.

Sorry to rant here - just had to let off some steam. :cuss:
I hear ya but we rant from the same book, when i hear that chopper it makes my head pulse, bump bump bump.
 

Puffster

Well-Known Member
they say a pic is worth a 1000 words.anyone care to apologize?proably not.most poeple hate being wrong.peace
 

Puffster

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Puffster,

I thought you were leaving?

Is that how you role - when you say something stupid, and are proved wrong you accuse the person who actually knows what they are talking about of being a cop? You are a pathetic little man - go have mommy rock you to sleep.
what ya got to say now?sucks when all your cyber (proably only) friends see ur a fool,you got no insults and put downs?have a nice day.i hope your mom doesnt shut off the lights in the basement on ya.Peace
 

angelsbandit

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PUFFSTER,

Your ignorance is astounding - the pictures clearly show exactly what everyone but you said.

FLIR can't see thru anything - the only heat shown being emitted from the home is thru the uninsulated glass windows which would happen without any grow activity if the interior of the house was warmer than the outer surface of the walls.

If you look you will see that the hardscape around the home is also much warmer than the surrounding areas. FLIR only shows the difference in temp of the scanned surface.
 

CrackerJax

New Member
PUFFSTER,

Your ignorance is astounding - the pictures clearly show exactly what everyone but you said.

FLIR can't see thru anything - the only heat shown being emitted from the home is thru the uninsulated glass windows which would happen without any grow activity if the interior of the house was warmer than the outer surface of the walls.

If you look you will see that the hardscape around the home is also much warmer than the surrounding areas. FLIR only shows the difference in temp of the scanned surface.
You are misunderstanding what you are looking at. The police look for patterns, not details.
Let's think about this for a moment.

You have a sizable indoor grow going...................

Scenario 1: You do nothing to vent heat away and use no mylar or foil or anything. Your heat sig gows thru the roof (literally).

Scenario 2: You do everything possible to cover your heat sig. Special venting and mylar even on your dog (poor pooch). Your house gives off a big dead zone of heat.

Neither scenario makes you safe. Neither one. Police look for patterns. They aren't autobots and can adapt. The police simply develop a mylar pattern to follow. The dead zone is now an indication of a grow!! Get it?

Only when the house looks even and normal will you escape a red flag. Either end of the spectrum, too much or too little or too UNEVEN will get you looked at.
 

wyteboi

Well-Known Member
uh could they maybe fly on side of building.no wonder i cant stand coming on here.ur more likely to be caught cause ur buddy ur tryin to impress ratted u out.ive had enuff of this site!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
if i was the mod , i would have done booted you! what a dick!
anyways what is the difference between a 1000 and a furnace ? it HAS to look the same on there cop red thing?
I do know they make some sort of "blanket" that the chopper cant see through, but i never looked one up as i dont think its nessecary , o'well good luck
@puffster i hope u get root bugs , u rude cocksucker, if u dont like the site dont log in!
@RIU i love u guys ....even the stupid ones!
 

andyk187

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If the cops in your area have nothing better to do, how can they afford helicopters and infrared detection devices which cost thousands of dollars an hour to run? I live in a suburb of the 2nd largest metro area in our state. approximately 500,000 people live around here. We are just getting our FIRST police helicopter. So keep things like this in mind. The cost of running the helicopter to find your grow up is probably 3-5 times the amount of money they'd ever recieve from busting you. But like everyone else says, if you have too much, and you stick out like a sore thumb, you're gonna get messed with. And watch who you tell!! more people get caught that way than helicpoters will ever catch.
 

CrackerJax

New Member
Yes, the cops have the time and the money. It is drug money which feeds their budget. Why would they stop? They are getting positive reinforcement economically. More searches means more money.....more equipment.....more technology.
 

toastypimp

Active Member
Where I live police are constatly going over houses looking for heat signitures. I had a friend down the street from me with 2 1000W lights going. They grow comercially for restarunts in the area, everything is legit. After about 6 months of them gworing the police came knocking on the door. Everything is vented and obviously no smell as there is nothing in there that shouldn't be. The cops came in took a look around and left. The choppers will see a 1000W light in a house even if you have fans, it's weather or not they want to bug you,. If they think you are just a small time grower or not worth their time they leave you alone. 99% of the time for one light they don't think you are worth it. If it is all properly vented, and cooled it takes a lot of the heat signiture away making you look even less like a grower. If you us water jackets that will almost eliminate your signiture. As long as they don't see anything major you should be okay. Again it depends on how your area is. I can go to my parents in the city and have 4X 1000W lights going and they wouldn't care, because all the big comercial growers live out in my area, not down in the city...okay well that's changing, and now they are looking there too, but they didn't used to.
Thank you for some actual facts instead of just "I thinks"!

That would be awesome if someone set up their lights to make it look like they were flipping off the helicopter as its heat signature.

Tell the commercial grower you know to do that and then tell us about it.
 

FrontaLobotomy

Well-Known Member
The only thing that'll always get you arrested is ignorance. If you have inadequate insulation for a room running 2000w then you sorta deserve to get busted.
Grasses/snitches/informants are what the police commonly use to catch most small-mid sized growers. Big growers will get manpower commited to them, as they believe they will get more than one conviction ie: you'll grass on the gangsters they assume you're growing it for. Of course, these situations can be avoided by monitoring how well your heat is being distributed. Insulation and ventilation are important for both growing superior bud and not getting caught.
If you're still worried, there are solutions:
1) Live in a rough area. Smart growers go on for years undetected due to other growers not being so smart. High snitch factor though.
2) Live in a rich suburb. Rich people don't get helicpoters flying over their houses.
3) Move to an area that's in the vicinity of an airport. Helicopters, even police ones, are not allowed to fly around in the flight path zone.
 
Cops are so hypocritical its actually pathetic. The same cop speeds and puts his pants on the same way we do. They look down on a cannabis smoker...try not letting the rape-o's or molesters or murder's out of jail.
 

Puffster

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PUFFSTER,

Your ignorance is astounding - the pictures clearly show exactly what everyone but you said.

FLIR can't see thru anything - the only heat shown being emitted from the home is thru the uninsulated glass windows which would happen without any grow activity if the interior of the house was warmer than the outer surface of the walls.

If you look you will see that the hardscape around the home is also much warmer than the surrounding areas. FLIR only shows the difference in temp of the scanned surface.
good lord ur seriously delusional its exactly what i said.u cannot be that obtuse?does it not stick out like sore thumb.can you not comprehend the written word or look at a picture and understand what it means.i NEVER said they could see thru walls!!!!!not to continue making you look bad,but would please let evryone know about your police training and certifications on this.or just tell us what episode of macguyver u got ur training on this very sophistacted piece of machinery.peace
 

Puffster

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Puffster, he works off of a very common malady which usually ends up badly.... wishful thinking. :peace:
not to be demeaning,but jeez ur wrong just admit it.no biggie.id really like to know where he got his training for it?wouldnt you?i smell pork!
 

Gblink3

Active Member
Everyone knows cops target marijuana users because they are too big of pussies to go bust a meth or crack lab.
 
i heard that this whole helicopter thing was unconstitutional. My friend said he researched it. But then again that might just be where i live. Cause I was worried about that for the longest time. But idk. maybe your in the clear either way.
 

vigor5000

Member
If the cops in your area have nothing better to do, how can they afford helicopters and infrared detection devices which cost thousands of dollars an hour to run? I live in a suburb of the 2nd largest metro area in our state. approximately 500,000 people live around here. We are just getting our FIRST police helicopter. So keep things like this in mind. The cost of running the helicopter to find your grow up is probably 3-5 times the amount of money they'd ever recieve from busting you. But like everyone else says, if you have too much, and you stick out like a sore thumb, you're gonna get messed with. And watch who you tell!! more people get caught that way than helicpoters will ever catch.
no i mean they`ll bust you for anything and they get there helicopter from toronto pretty sure or they might have their own they brought the chopper out to break up a jam with like 100 ppl who moved to the streets after so im sure they have access to it wen ever
 
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