Bar Bulletin

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Could ‘Toy’ Drones Ground the Commercial UAS Sector?

June 2019 Bar Bulletin

By Mark Dombroff

Fans of the losing Los Angeles Rams weren’t the only ones to come away from the 2019 Super Bowl with an uneasy feeling. In the run-up to the game, federal law enforcement agents confiscated at least six drones operating in violation of FAA regulations. The pilots in question reportedly told FBI agents they were unaware of federal airspace rules.

“It’s taken up a lot of time for our agents and law enforcement officers to be targeting these drones when they could be working on other security measures,” an FBI spokesman told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “Frustration yesterday was at a very high level...

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