helecopters spotting marijuana plants outside?

Question

do the helecopters that fly over spot 1 plant growing beside a creek nestled in beside several small pines?....or owuld it take several to be spotted?....no negative comments, i only want answers from police officers who know what their talking about...fyi its not me

im not growing on my property...its nothing but woods fro miles around, the land is only used for hunting...its in alabama though and if youdont know we have the some of the worst drug laws in the nation, thats why this person i know is worried about a single plant

Answer 1

The persons who serve as "spotters" are very adept at their job and can spot a single plant. So the answer to your question: YES. How do I know? I've been a spotter.

Answer 2

The drug-spotters usually first work from photographs, to determine if a closer look is necessary. A single plant might show up, but unless there was some property to be seized or unless it were really easy to walk to, they'd probably not make a big deal of it.
If there is substantial property to be seized, they'll just hire an informant to say what's needed to get a warrant. Seizures significantly augment many agencies' budgets, and thus are important tools, and the drug "war" makes all sorts of actions acceptable.
Instructions for law enforcement are promulgated by the National Interagency Counterdrug Institute (NICI), in California.

Answer 3

It would be difficult for the helicopter to see the plant. You could plant the drug next to a busy highway, and since the vehicles are traveling so quickly, nobody would see them.

Marijuana planted if a forest would be overlooked by 99% of people. Even if they were flying low to find it.

Answer 4

First of all, if your "friend" (& I suspect he is you) is worried about being caught he should have an early harvest.

Second of all, (and just as important) he (you) might have better luck growing his (your) cash crop away from pine trees because the pH level in soil around pines is not condusive to growing herb. Find soil with a pH of 6.5 to 7.5.

To get back to your original question, here is a technical abstract (read into what you will): It has been proposed that illegal marijuana cultivation can be detected using remote sensing. The approach would be to key on the unique blue-green color of marijuana plants reported by law enforcement aerial spotters. The spectral reflectance of marijuana leaves and plants was investigated. Results thus far include: 1) leaf and canopy spectral reflectance of marijuana exhibit characteristics of other green plants, 2) nadir spectral reflectance does not have a unique stable, absorption features suitable for a reference signature to key on, 3) the "emerald green" (blue-green) color of marijuana results from specular reflectance of blue sky light and small particle scattering from microscopic structures on the surface of marijuana leaves, 4) spectral contrast between marijuana and other plant canopies appears most significant for green, red edge and short wave infrared wavelengths, 5) spectral contrasts between marijuana and tree species appear greater than spectral differences with other herbaceous species, 6) isolation of marijuana canopy spectral signatures during land cover classification may be difficult using visible-near infrared systems, and 7) researchers investigating detection technologies must be kept aware of the trends of growers to conceal sites. Analysis of illegal cultivation sites offers other possibilities for detection using remote sensing. Ultimately, remote sensing will be most effective when a probability-of-occurrence site prediction model is used to plan data collection missions.

Answer 5

it has a distinctive color..its easy to spot from the air...all the talk about infrared cameras is BS..they just fly over and look...you can spot it at 500 ft growing next to a corn stalk..its that easy....1 plant next to a creek with lots of other foliage?..maybe,maybe not...you need to consider that what you think is concealment doesnt cover it from the air...there may be a hole you dont see that lets them look right down at it....air spotting in an incredibley effective way to eradicate the growing of it though...I sure woulnt plant it on my own property...

Answer 6

i'm pretty sure that the searches are not visual at all, but rather infrared. i think that the heat signature of marajuana plant patches is a bit different than regular brush or trees.

it's this method and not visual searches, which if you think about it is pretty silly, that is usually used to find marajuana farmers.

the whole thing is pretty silly when you consider that george washington raised marajuana on his land at mt vernon.

Answer 7

Depends. if they use flir near sunset the mj plants standout, don't know why. Other wise their color usually gives then away

Answer 8

That one plant will probably be overlooked.