Drones to Protect: Shared-Value Analysis of Aerial Surveillance during the COVID-19 Pandemic, and Ethical Framework Development for Future Crises

在大流行期间，空中监测一直是讨论干预措施的核心，由于其广泛的应用，空中监测无疑能够成为抗击COVID-19的核心力量。然而，在这场危机期间制定的每一项程序都为世界如何应对未来危机创造了先例，因此，政府机构必须与公众共同努力，找到将产生持久积极影响的解决办法，我们既要把标准定得很高，又要继续处理我们所面对的危机。伦敦经济及政治学院的乔纳森白色教授总结了这些过程的复杂性：“恐惧产生了一种容易被滥用的政治行动的愿望-一种为各种干预措施鼓掌并哀叹其缺席的冲动。它为难以控制的新权力创造了一个许可证，并开创了好坏参半的先例。“允许恐惧产生前所未有的力量是适得其反的，因为它破坏了民主自由，并有可能永久损害我们对技术创新的看法，使其好处永远不会被使用。因此，问题不仅在于潜力，而且在于使用的道德应用。虽然实施空中监视来跟踪和监测很简单，但它也使“老大哥”政权正常化。因此，我们必须从历史中吸取教训，以确保对“黑天鹅事件”作出适当反应，在那里公民自由常常被抛弃。WECORP提议联合-与伦敦国王学院合作的一个研究项目，旨在深入了解大流行危机期间和之后空中监测的效果。研究重点是对空中安全提供商的影响以及各种提供商可能对公众信任的影响。所获得的数据将详细了解公众对政府机构、知名科技巨头、以及道德挑战者提出的以公民为中心的无人机应用替代模式。WECORP成立于这样一个信念，即技术可以通过增强社区参与程序来缓解我们社区的安全挑战。这一理念迫使我们的核心运营原则-我们的服务需要积极地影响现状，使事情变得更好，而不仅仅是提供做旧事情的新方法--使我们成为安全行业的挑战者。我们的研究针对英国所有地区的代表性样本，我们将汇总必要的数据，以了解在英国道德上实施空中安全的最佳途径。

Aerial surveillance has been central to the discussion of intervention during the pandemic with an undeniable ability to become a central force in the fight against COVID-19 due to a wide spectrum of applications.However, every procedure enacted during this crisis creates a precedent for how the world will respond to future crises, therefore, it is imperative that government agencies work together with the general public to find solutions that will have lasting positive impacts, setting the bar high whilst still attending to the crisis that we are facing.Professor Jonathan White of the London School of Economics and Political Science concludes on the complexity of such processes:"Fear creates a desire for political action easily abused -- an impulse to applaud interventions of all kinds and to bemoan their absence. It creates a licence for new powers that are hard to control, and precedents bad as well as good."Allowing fear to yield unprecedented power is counterproductive as it undermines democratic freedom and risks permanently damaging our perception of technological innovation, putting its benefits at risk of never being used.The question then is not only potential, but also the ethical applications of use. Whilst it is simple to implement aerial surveillance to track and monitor, it also normalises a 'big brother' regime.It is therefore crucial that we learn from history to ensure appropriate reactions to 'black swan events', where civil liberties are often discarded.WECORP proposes a joint-research project with King's College London to develop insights on the effects of aerial surveillance during and after a pandemic crisis.The research focuses on aerial security providers and the impact various providers may have on public trust. The data acquired will provide a detailed understanding of public perception vis-a-vis surveillance methods used by government agencies, known tech giants, and an alternative citizen-centric model of drone application by ethical challengers.WECORP was founded on the belief that technology can relieve safety challenges in our communities by empowering community participation in the procedure.This philosophy compels our core operating principle -- our services need to positively affect the status quo, make things better, not just provide new ways of doing old things -- making us a Challenger in the security industry.With our research targeting a representative sample of all UK districts, we will aggregate the data necessary to understand the best path to ethically implement aerial security across the UK.