My grandson was doing a roof inspection when the local cop[ arrived. He was told it was illegal to fly drones in his town and he could impound the drone. My grandson just got his 107 about a month ago, so he was legal in that sense.
I had done work in that town several times and never a problem so I called the mayors office and asked about restrictions on flying drones, I was told they had no restrictions other than invasion of privacy issues.
This really irritated me, you give some young guy a tin star and ten cents of authority and he goes nuts with it. I called the sheriff department and told them I wanted to talk to internal affairs and file a complaint against this guy. Haven't heard back from them yet.
So, bottom line is don't believe what these cops tell you, check it out and file complaints with their departments, and the FAA.
I had done work in that town several times and never a problem so I called the mayors office and asked about restrictions on flying drones, I was told they had no restrictions other than invasion of privacy issues.
This really irritated me, you give some young guy a tin star and ten cents of authority and he goes nuts with it. I called the sheriff department and told them I wanted to talk to internal affairs and file a complaint against this guy. Haven't heard back from them yet.
So, bottom line is don't believe what these cops tell you, check it out and file complaints with their departments, and the FAA.