A trio of US Senators has launched a bipartisan effort to create comprehensive federal law that will specifically criminalize most forms of dangerous drone use, from terror and trafficking activity to interfering with public responders to emergencies.
The aisle-spanning initiative by Senators Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), and Senate Judiciary Committee member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) seeks to both tighten existing laws on dangerous drone operation and close legal gaps that don’t specify explicit criminal intent in some cases. The introduction of the “Drone Act of 2022” comes after not only the proliferation of private use of UAV by enthusiasts and blossoming services provided by companies, but also high-profile cases of criminals adopting the aerial tech.
Illegal deployment of drones has been rising on the US southern border, according to reports, particularly by human traffickers using the craft to avoid detection by patrols as they sneak…
