Calgary police are asking for the public’s help to find a man they believe was operating an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) on Canada Day. Investigators say he’s the same man who was flying a drone on two other occasions this year—including one incident near the airport in which police said it “posed a danger to manned aircraft.”
Police said he was seen flying the large drone from a green space near 1201 Crescent Rd. N.E. at about 11:30 p.m. on July 1.
“We are aware that some people did see him flying the device and we’re really encouraging those people to please come forward to assist us in trying to identify this individual,” Sgt. Colin Foster told Global News.
“The actual device that was seen flying seems to be fairly consistent across the three incidents,” Foster said. “We are trying to identify this individual and speak to him about safe operation of these devices.”
Foster said there are a number of safety concerns, especially related to flying near the airport.
“There are various municipal and federal regulations that don’t allow you to fly in the area without special permissions and we want to see… if this gentleman does have those permissions to operate the device where he is.”
Police describe him as middle-aged with black hair, wearing light-coloured clothing.
Anyone with information is asked to call police at 403-266-1234, the traffic section office at 403-567-4000 or email uav@calgarypolice.ca. You can also contact Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477.
With files from Georgia Hansen
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