Seattle Case Shows Drone Regulations Should Be Local

Seattle Case Shows Drone Regulations Should Be Local
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Since June 2015, the city of Seattle, Washington, has been quietly proving the FAA wrong. A Seattle municipal court recently convicted a drone operator for reckless endangerment, and sentenced him to 30 days in jail.

This case decisively shows that states and localities are fully equipped to regulate local drone operations through the enforcement of existing, technology-agnostic civil and criminal laws.

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