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UAV Operator Arrested For Close Encounter With Police Helo

Accused Of Interfering With Police Work

A person flying a UAV in Los Angeles has been accused of interfering with police work after flying his quadcopter within 50 feet of a police helicopter searching an area near Sunset Boulevard and Western Avenue in the city.

According to television station KABC, the operator, who has not been named, was found in a drugstore parking lot and taken into custody by the LAPD. He was questioned and released pending an investigation.

The operator will also have some personal time with the FAA, and a forensics lab will be looking at the video captured by the aircraft in an effort to determine if the close fly-by was intentional.

LAPD Sgt. Jorge Gonzalez said that the incident was "very hazardous. It could kill everybody onboard the aircraft and anybody you hit on the ground."

(LAPD helicopter pictured in file photo)

FMI: www.lapdonline.org

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