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“A Great, Looming Concern”: Law Enforcement Pushes for Local Counter-Drone Authority
- State and local law enforcement agencies are seeking greater authority to detect and interdict drones flown by bad actors.
- Advanced detection capability is needed to decode the radio signals traveling between a drone and its pilot.
- More incidents involving drones flying in airspace illegally have led to a bipartisan push in Congress to increase local oversight of drone traffic.
- The Biden administration issued the Domestic Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems National Action Plan to deal with nefarious drone activity.
- The creation of a database to record all the drone incursions across the country is a critical piece in establishing a national counter-drone security system.
- Major County Sheriffs of America's Bouchard believes that SLLT police agencies should have the same counter-drone authority as federal agencies.
- Congress is doing very little to pass counter-drone legislation, and it is unlikely anything may pass this year.
- Congress may work on the proposed drone laws early next year.
- An increasing number of drones are being used illegally, which is leading to drone mitigation legislation.
- Malicious actors with drones pose one of the fastest-growing concerns that require capable response.
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