Someone’s Watching You:
Regulating Drones’ Eyes in the Sky
Biennial Leadership Conference
June 9, 2013
Because Freedom Can’t Protect Itself
Clockwise from top left: A Predator B drone used by Customs and Border Protection (CBP), a quad-copter
on the beach in Australia, and a digital camera mounted on a police drone.
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Clockwise from top left: A model of an insect-sized U.S. Air Force drone held by a Micro Air Vehicles staffer,
an ecologist launches a drone by hand, and an AeroVironment nano-drone, camouflaged to look like a
hummingbird.
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Map of Domestic Drone Certificates of Waiver or Authorization– (Electronic Frontier Foundation https://www.eff.org/foia/faa-drone-authorizations)
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Map of Domestic Drone Test Site Applications – (FAA http://www.faa.gov/about/initiatives/uas/media/UAS_testsite_map.pdf#page=1&zoom=page-fit,0,612)
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Difference Between Drones and
Manned Aircraft
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The 4th Amendment
& Relevant Case Law
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State Legislation
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Because Freedom Can’t Protect Itself
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