Local governments are increasingly using drones for a variety of purposes, including public safety, infrastructure inspection, and disaster response. Drones offer many benefits, such as improved efficiency and safety. However, residents often express privacy concerns about the use of drones by law enforcement, and critics have called for warrant requirements prior to police use of drones. Outside the law enforcement context, civic uses of drones face similar challenges to deployment, so long as government actors must operate under a traditional administrative warrant analysis. The use of drones by local governments is a complex issue with both potential benefits and drawbacks. It is important to balance these competing interests in order to develop policies that allow for the responsible use of drones while also protecting the privacy of residents. Unmanned Tactical Group’s Legal Concerns for UAS Operations course discusses these challenges and educates the participants on federal, state and local, and case law regulations that apply to both warrant and warrantless searches with a drone.