UK government not active enough in dealing with drones: Police
The police in the United Kingdom have accused the government of lagging behind in dealing with the threat of drones days after alleged saboteurs managed to bring the country’s second biggest airport to a standstill with the illegal use of unmanned aerial vehicles.
London’s Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick said on Thursday that the disruption at Gatwick airport last week were not the fault of the police, saying the government should have had a better knowledge of how to deal with the threat of recreational drones to the aviation industry.
“I think the whole country and certainly the government will have watched what’s gone on and said we need to up our game here,” Dick said in an interview with the BBC radio, adding, “The drone technology is always changing. We have to keep up with that.”
The comments came after more than 1,000 flights were grounded at Gatwick were back-to-back flying of drones above near the airport forced the authorities to close the runway late on Wednesday last week. More than 120,000 passengers were affected by the disruptions which lasted for three days.
No one has claimed responsibility for the sabotage act and police on Saturday released a man and woman they had arrested as suspects.
Dick said police have used its best resources to hunt those behind the drone-flying at Gatwick. However, he said it was wrong to blame the police for its failure to stop the drone flying last week as the security threat was quite new and unprecedented.
“You won’t find a police service in the world I think who would be sitting complacently thinking: ‘well we could always deal with a drone’,” said the police commander, adding “I’ve been talking to colleagues around the world. I can tell you this is not an easy problem.
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