Protection, profit, or privacy: exploring strategic solutions for integrating unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and the delicate balance between commercial opportunity and public safety
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Authors
Lee, Brian R.
Subjects
drones
unmanned aerial systems (UAS)
unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)
strategic policy guidance
legislation
policy analysis
Eugene Bardach
threat
cyber
law enforcement
public safety
military
privacy
Fourth Amendment
intelligence
surveillance
reconnaissance (ISR)
unmanned aerial systems (UAS)
unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)
strategic policy guidance
legislation
policy analysis
Eugene Bardach
threat
cyber
law enforcement
public safety
military
privacy
Fourth Amendment
intelligence
surveillance
reconnaissance (ISR)
Advisors
Simeral, Robert
Miller, Patrick
Date of Issue
2016-12
Date
Dec-16
Publisher
Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School
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Unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and their meteoric rise in popularity among hobbyists and commercial users have created a sense of urgency among lawmakers to develop a strategic policy to facilitate domestic UAS integration into the national airspace. Local municipalities and state agencies are initiating legislative efforts to develop best practices, ordinances, and policies in the absence of a structured legal framework for UAS expansion. The city of Phoenix is among those seeking solutions to the question of how the city and police department can develop and implement a strategic guidance policy governing UAS integration to best serve the interests of government and community. This research effort utilizes the five-step process contained within the multi-goal policy analysis research design method. This process is ideal for conducting policy analysis in which there are multiple policy outcomes or when these outcomes cannot be comparatively quantified equally. This academic effort constructs the identified alternative outcome solution within a specified problem segment to present a solution compliant with industry standards and directed toward the intelligent non-specialist end user. The product deliverable results in a strategic policy guidance strategy that is transparent and falls within an accountability framework.
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National Security Affairs (NSA)
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