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June 2019 - Edition 34
The Challenge of Drone Use & Drone
Security for Law Enforcement
Guest Editorial by Leo McCloskey, Echo- Police at the stadium reacted quickly,
dyne, VP Marketing
spotted a man operating the drone
On a drizzly day in November 2017,
on the first Sunday after Thanksgiving,
the San Francisco 49ers were host-
ing the Seattle Seahawks in an NFL
game, when a drone entered Levi’s
Stadium, dropping on the crowd
leaflets that ranted about television
media.
from the parking lot, and as he drove
off, notified colleagues across the
bay, where he soon showed up to fly
his drone into the Oakland Coliseum
where the Raiders were playing the
Denver Broncos.
The man, identified as Tracy Michael Mapes,
56, of Sacramento, was arrested, his
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