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Amid Benefits, Experts Warn of Domestic Threats Posed by Small UAS

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, March 24th, 2015

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Small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) can be a valuable tool for local law enforcers, increase job safety and enhance commerce but the aircraft also pose a number of safety and security threats, warn several expert.“The fact that these devices are so readily available to the public is concerning,” Paul Beary, police chief at the Univ. of Central Florida and president of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, tells the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency. “The…

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