Senate Judiciary Hearing: State, Local Officials Urge Limited Counter‑drone Authority; Legal Experts Warn of Constitutional Risks
State and local law enforcement and corrections officials told the Senate Judiciary Committee they need limited, federally supervised authority to detect and mitigate dangerous drones, citing border surveillance, contraband drops into prisons and near‑misses with manned aircraft.
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WASHINGTON — State and local law enforcement officials and corrections leaders told the Senate Judiciary Committee on an unspecified date that the growing use of drones by criminal groups and others demands congressional action to give vetted local responders limited authority to detect and, in narrowly defined cases, mitigate threats.
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