Law enforcement officials say they’re concerned possible new laws regulating the use of drones would make it hard to manage evidence while ensuring privacy.
The Columbia County Sheriff’s Department in Georgia has a fleet of drones used for searches.
At Wednesday’s meeting of the Georgia House Study committee on drone use, Sheriff Clay Whittle said there aren’t consistent statewide rules about what happens to irrelevant drone footage — for example, video of someone’s backyard recorded during a missing person search.
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