Gov. Landry signs bill to allow law enforcement to neutralize threatening drones

Gov. Landry signs bill to allow law enforcement to neutralize threatening drones

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Law enforcement at the state and local level will now be able to neutralize drones in Louisiana. This was made possible after Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry signed the “We Will Act” Act into law. The governor's office said the law allows "law enforcement to actively intercept and disable drones that pose credible threats to public safety." Specially trained officers will now be able to use non-kinetic and kin…

Gov. Landry signs new drone defense law; first in nation

BATON ROUGE, La. (NEWS 15) — Louisiana has become the first state to allow law enforcement to intercept and disable drones posing threats to public safety. Gov. Jeff Landry signed the groundbreaking "We Will Act" Act into law on Wednesday,…

Louisiana Becomes First State to Authorize Local Law Enforcement to Neutralize Dangerous Drones

BATON ROUGE, LA - In a national first, Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry has signed into law a sweeping new measure that authorizes state and local law enforcement to actively intercept and disable drones that pose credible threats to public safety.