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Kansas to hold meetings, consider options for drone usage

By Associated Press - | Mar 3, 2015

? Kansas is exploring how it fits in the new world of drones as residents express their desire to use the technology.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that options including agriculture, emergency management and law enforcement are being considered as areas where drones can be used. Meetings throughout the state have been scheduled by state agencies to discuss the ideas, as well as concerns about privacy.

Billy Brown, and agribusiness developer coordinator for the Kansas Department of Agriculture, said in a news release that people have been calling the department with questions about drones, and obstacles that have stopped them from using the technology.

The Federal Aviation Administration is currently writing regulation rules for the use of drones. Most commercial uses of drones are illegal.