The FBI “plans to deploy roughly 60 specially trained state and local police officers across venues” for the FIFA World Cup to “detect and electronically disable hostile drones.” Training is “already underway” with less than four weeks until the tournament starts. A source said that officers from agencies including state police in N.Y. and N.J., the NYC and L.A. police departments and the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office “will operate counter-drone equipment under FBI supervision.” The source added that the FBI will “directly oversee drone mitigation” in L.A., Miami and N.Y., while Department of Homeland Security components “will cover the other eight” U.S. host cities. Authorities “plan to deploy across World Cup stadiums, fan festivals and public viewing areas” (BLOOMBERG NEWS, 5/15).
FBI plans to deploy trained officers to mitigate hostile drones during World Cup
