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New Jersey town uses drones to enforce social distancing

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Residents will be subjected to fines up to $1,000. UNION COUNTY, N.J. - Officials in Elizabeth, New Jersey have begun to use new technology to enforce social distancing.

In an effort to ensure that residents are abiding social distancing, police are using drones to monitor and send warnings to the population.

The drones, which are equipped with a record of the mayor issuing a warning, flies around the city to tell people to stop gathering, disperse and go home.  FULL COVERAGE: CORONAVIRUS Residents who do not abide the stay-at-home order are subject to fines up to $1,000.

The extreme move has sparked privacy concerns, but police claim they are not trying to be big brother and that they are trying to save lives.  "All the drones are doing

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