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Fiscal Committee approves drone‑detection system for special events
Summary
The Fiscal Committee approved the Department of Safety’s request to acquire a drone‑detection system intended to locate small unmanned aircraft and their operators at special events and critical infrastructure sites. Committee members pressed presenters on privacy, mitigation capability and federal role; the measure passed by voice vote.
The Fiscal Committee on March 21 approved the Department of Safety’s request to acquire a drone‑detection system to locate small unmanned aircraft and their operators at special events and near critical infrastructure.
The system, department officials said, is meant to help public‑safety personnel locate an unmanned aircraft and the operator so staff can ask the operator to land the device when a temporary flight restriction (TFR) or other safety concern applies. "This particular system is gonna be used for special events," Lieutenant Chris Storm, Office of Highway Safety, said during the committee hearing. "It will be used for critical infrastructure pieces to locate if…
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