N. Dakota To Study Ethics Of Using Aerial Drones

The University of North Dakota is already among the nation's leading schools in developing unmanned aircraft. Now the school is taking steps to lead the way in studying the ethics of using drones.

 

 

 

 

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) - The University of North Dakota is already among the nation's leading schools in developing unmanned aircraft. Now the school is taking steps to lead the way in studying the ethics of using drones.

The Grand Forks Sheriff's Department may be using drones as early as next spring to do things like survey the scenes of traffic accidents or hazardous spills. But such use could raise privacy issues.

A research committee at UND will create guidelines to handle legal and ethical pitfalls that might come up with police use of the drones.  A preliminary version could be ready by January.

Congress has ordered the Federal Aviation Administration to integrate drones into the U.S. airspace system by 2015. At least three bills have already been introduced in Congress to address concerns over privacy, security and other issues.

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