Police Keep Seeking Exemptions from Proposed Florida Drone Ban

Ability to monitor sporting events latest demand

Lawmakers and police continued to wrangle Wednesday over when law enforcement should be allowed to use unmanned drones, trying to settle on where the tipping point is on the balance scale of liberty and public safety.

The chief advocate in the Legislature for what originally was envisioned as a hard ban on police use of the remote control aircraft has already compromised to allow exceptions, including situations where police get a warrant, or where there's an imminent risk of something like a terrorist attack.