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Drone regulations not necessarily clear

airspace around the white house. this comes just days after a fort carson drone crashed in a colorado springs neighborhood. the secret service detained a man they say tried to fly a remote- controlled drone. the white house was on lockdown while the incident is being investigated. that lockwown has since been lifted. krdo newschannel 13’s greg miller talked with experts about the complexities behind controlling drones. drones can be purchased by everyone, they’re used by the military, city governments and even hobbyists. but regulating them is proving to be a challenge. drones locking down the nation’s capitol. Saw something in the air and everyone yelled ‘get out! go to 8th street! 8th street!'”‘ drones used for training and observation by the military. though sometimes they end up crash- landing, It had broken off of the main fuselage and the camera was laying in front of it and it was detached. instead of collecting data. a drone would supplement that, so you could have a camer on the fence, but you might want to have a drone that was a roving patrol essentially. steve recca is a human security professor at uccs… but he spent 20 years in the navy – specializing in intelligence. It fills a gap. How did we do ti in the past? We had more people involved. Airplanes flying missions, helicopters, satellites that collected information. Now a drone fills that middle space… but where they can be flown by the public… is still an issue. the white house has now been locked down twice for drone flight … fearing it was a security threat. the f-a-a restricts drone flights in congested cities. but the colorado legislature… killed a bill this month regulating where and how low they could fly. they’re still used… by fort carson in training… and by civilians, showing a birds eye view of a fire which hit teller county earlier this year. The policy side is the boring side, but it has to keep up with technology. restricts drone flights in congested cities. but the colorado legislature… killed a bill this month regulating where and how low they could fly. they’re still used… by fort carson in training… and by civilians, showing a birds eye view of a fire which hit teller county earlier this year. The policy side is the boring side, but it has to keep up with technology. the faa says in just three years, they’re expecting 75- used… by fort carson in training… and by civilians, showing a birds restricts drone flights in congested cities. but the colorado legislature… killed a bill this month regulating where and how low they could fly. they’re still used… by fort carson in training… and by civilians, showing a birds eye view of a fire which hit teller county earlier this year. The policy side is the boring side, but it has to keep up with technology. the faa says in just three years, they’re expecting 75- hundred drones to be in airspace the faa says in just three years, they’re expecting 75- hundred drones to be in airspace across the country. live in studio, gm, krdo nc 13. a

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