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An ordinance amending Section 13.08.080 of the Metropolitan Code of Laws relative to the use of drones as first responder programs, unmanned aircraft systems and surveillance technology.
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:
Section 1. That Subsection 13.08.080.A of the Metropolitan Code of Laws is amended by adding a new definitions as follows:
(13) "Unmanned Aircraft System" or "UAS" means an unmanned aircraft, commonly referred to as a drone, together with all associated equipment, communication links, control stations, payloads, cameras, sensors, thermal imaging devices, software, data storage, and other components necessary to operate the aircraft or collect, transmit, process, or retain surveillance information.
(14) “Drone as First Responder program” or “DFR program” means an organized and continuing program under which one or more piloted Unmanned Aircraft Systems are routinely maintained in operational readiness and remotely dispatched by an operator employed by the Metro Nashville Police Department and located at an MNPD facility in response to calls for service or reported incidents, typically before the arrival of personnel at the scene, for the purpose of providing live aerial information to responding personnel and does not mean the deployment of an Unmanned Aircraft System by personnel who are located at the scene of an incident, investigation, emergency, public event, search, rescue, fire, hazardous-material incident, traffic incident, or other operation, provided the Unmanned Aircraft System remains on the scene.
(15) "Facial recognition technology" means an electronic system or service for conducting an algorithmic comparison of images of a person's facial features for the purpose of identification. "Facial recognition technology" does not include the use of an automated or semi-automated process to redact a recording in order to protect the privacy of a subject depicted in the...
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