Orange County Grand Jury
• 2015-2016
• Agency Response
Response to:
Drones: Know Before You Fly 5/26/2016, 2086 KB
Buena@park Office of Corey S. Sianez*
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Findings and Recommendations 1 findings
F5
, F.6.) The Buena Park Police Department will work with its City Attorney to establish a local ordinance prior to March 31, 2017. Status: The City Attorney has indicated that the ordinance is partly finished and hopes to have a draft ordinance for review prior to March 1, 2017. R3. Each City should inform its citizens about laws and ordinances that apply to recreational drone operators through print media, city-related web sites, social media sites and/or public forums by March 31, 2017. (F.4., F.6.) The Buena Park Police Department will inform community members about laws and ordinances applicable to drone operations through the use of local print media, city websites, social media and/or public forums by March 31, 2017. Status: Once the Ordinance is enacted, every effort will be made to inform the community regarding drone operations through the use of local print media, city and police department websites, social media, and public forums prior to March 31, 2017. R4. Each City should establish and publish on its website a point of contact for drone-related citizen complaints by December 30, 2016. (F.7.) The Buena Park Police Department will establish and publish on our website a point of contact for drone-related complaints by December 30, 2016. Status: The Buena Park Police Department will designate its Watch Commander as the point of contact for drone-related complaints. This will be established and published on the City and Department websites by February 15, 2017. R5. Each City should post FAA drone ownership and operation educational links on city-related websites, newsletters, and fliers by December 30, 2016. (F.4.) The Buena Park Police Department will post FAA drone ownership and operation educational links on city- and police-related websites, newsletters, and fliers by December 30, 2016. Status: In anticipation of an ordinance, the Buena Park Police Department will post FAA drone ownership and operation educational links with applicable local statutes on city- and police-related websites, newsletters, and fliers by March 30, 2017. Response to Grand JuryRe: "Drones: Know Before You Fly"February 3, 2017 Sincerely COREY S. SIANEZ Chief of Police CS:gw
Related Recommendations (1)
R5
Each City should post FAA drone ownership and operation educational links on city-related websites, newsletters, and fliers by December 30, 2016. (F.4.) The Buena Park Police Department will post FAA drone ownership and operation educational links on city- and police-related websites, newsletters, and fliers by December 30, 2016. Status: In anticipation of an ordinance, the Buena Park Police Department will post FAA drone ownership and operation educational links with applicable local statutes on city- and police-related websites, newsletters, and fliers by March 30, 2017. Response to Grand JuryRe: "Drones: Know Before You Fly"February 3, 2017 Sincerely COREY S. SIANEZ Chief of Police CS:gw
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