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Veterans soar to new heights with drone pilot training program
Read full article: Veterans soar to new heights with drone pilot training programVeterans with the Wounded Warrior Project are learning on how to become drone pilots as part of a collaboration with CSX Railroad Transportation to diversify job opportunities and employ more veterans.
Viral video: Hundreds of blacktip sharks migrate off Florida shore
Read full article: Viral video: Hundreds of blacktip sharks migrate off Florida shoreWEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Another News4Jax video has gone viral after showing a shark frenzy in Florida. Paul Dabill, 45, who runs Paul Dabill Photography, spotted hundreds of migrating blacktip sharks with his drone camera on Wednesday. From January to March, tens of thousands of blacktips and spinner sharks arrive to reside in the shallow warm waters off Palm Beach County, TC Palm reports. The video, posted on our News4Jax Facebook page, has been viewed 1.2 million times and shared 6,600 times since Friday. SHARK FRENZY!🦈😱 Check out this wild video of hundreds of sharks swimming close to the shore near West Palm Beach!
New bill broadens drone limitations for police, firefighters, and state agencies
Read full article: New bill broadens drone limitations for police, firefighters, and state agenciesBig changes could be coming to the way police, firefighters, and other agencies use them at work. “They have proven to be very, very helpful to law enforcement,” Jefferson said. If the proposal clears through Tallahassee, police could use them to manage traffic and collect evidence at crime scenes and traffic crashes. The bill, however, specifies traffic tickets could not be issued based upon footage or images captured by a drone. If the law enforcement agency first obtains a search warrant signed by a judge authorizing the use of a drone.