Hartford
police reported seeing a drone with an attached
camera at the site of a fatal crash on February 1st. In response,
the Federal Aviation
Administration has started an investigation. The FAA
has currently only implemented
policies on the use of drones, limiting flying no lower than
400 feet. Nine states have drone laws, but Connecticut is not one of them. Some
Connecticut
lawmakers hope to change that; a hearing on the subject was
held earlier this week.
The use of drones has only recently increased. The federal
government has used drones and companies, such
as Amazon, anticipate using drones as a more convenient
and efficient way to make deliveries to customers.
Many question whether the use of drones will intrude
on privacy, since drones are considerably smaller than airplanes and
helicopters, and can easily access certain areas that were previously
off-limits to these larger aircrafts. Law enforcement officials fear that drone
use during criminal investigations will provide an advantage to criminals by
alerting them of possible police presence. Legal professionals anticipate that
the increase in drones will create a new role for lawyers as drone law
develops.
