Yea, it does sound like they are lying through their teeth.. It turns out to fly a UAV in the US National Airspace System requires a Certificate of Authorization (COA) from the FAA. These are not easy to get, so a lot of law enforcement agencies end up circumventing the process (as they did in LA here: http://lemonodor.com/archives/001405.html). I wouldn't be surprised if that was the real reason for the secrecy...
The other issue to remember is that to fly a UAV in the US National Airspace System requires a certificate of Authorization (COA) from the FAA. These are not easy to get, so a lot of law enforcement agencies end up circumventing the process (as they did in LA here: http://lemonodor.com/archives/001405.html). I wouldn't be surprised if that was the real reason for the secrecy...
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Yea, it does sound like they are lying through their teeth.. It turns out to fly a UAV in the US National Airspace System requires a Certificate of Authorization (COA) from the FAA. These are not easy to get, so a lot of law enforcement agencies end up circumventing the process (as they did in LA here: http://lemonodor.com/archives/001405.html). I wouldn't be surprised if that was the real reason for the secrecy...
The other issue to remember is that to fly a UAV in the US National Airspace System requires a certificate of Authorization (COA) from the FAA. These are not easy to get, so a lot of law enforcement agencies end up circumventing the process (as they did in LA here: http://lemonodor.com/archives/001405.html). I wouldn't be surprised if that was the real reason for the secrecy... --Ed