Small unmanned aircraft can’t fly through red tape

http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2226289

It looks like a bug equipped with a camera, but the small Ontario Provincial Police unmanned aircraft is making history as one of the first aerial drones being regularly used in North America by law enforcement officials.

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The problem is that current aviation rules are designed with piloted aircraft in mind. For instance, federal regulations state that aircraft must have a door that can be secured. But UAVs don't have doors.
"The biggest problem is that the rules don't exist yet," says Mr. Sharpe, who has to apply for special permission from Transport Canada to use UAVs at crime scenes. "They haven't been written."