How Not to Get Arrested Flying Your Drone! - 5 tips - Geeksvana 

Hey matt smith! An essential tip!! Thanks for taking the time to comment, I really appreciate it!

@@Geeksvana Obviously tongue in cheek! Watched a few of your vids now. Informative, thanks.

Thank you!

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Whahahahahaaaa!

Hey Jane. Thanks for taking the time to comment. I do actually use a second phone and tablet for the drone but mainly to keep the cache clear and so urgent calls can still reach me. It is a great point about having it clear of other information though. Thanks.

I’ve been thinking of getting an iPad mini for this precise reason.

For this reason I started using a separate mobile device only for drone control

Excellent Steve Cooke! That is almost exactly what I have with me when flying. It will possibly confuse some officers/public but it shows we are organised and legal!

Hey Sunrise Water Media! Really great to see you! Hope you are keeping well. Thank you for the comment and support! Means a lot.

Hey Big Matt! Great to see you sir! Yes, it seems a lot police are more interested in the tech! But similar to the police who pull over supercars to have a look! 😂😂. Hope you are well.

Yeah police and government drones so they can spy on, control and harass you even more for not wearing 6 masks in your shower or social distancimg from your wife in bed or whatever. Half the reason they're pushing all these crazy new drone laws on civilians. They see their potential for control and want it for themselves, and don't want you impeding on it. Same as why they stripped you of all your firearms and weapons, effectively outlawing citizens right to self defense. Especially against them wjen they cross the line.

Hey Sky Captain Aerial Imaging! Thanks for taking the time to share your experience on this subject, I really appreciate it. The comments sections of videos like this are just as important as the content as hobbyists will read through and learn from other experiences etc.

Hey Robert! Thank you! Really appreciate your support and for taking the time to comment! Means a lot!

Thank you for the kind feedback Bert! It was a lot of fun to make and makes me miss the days of socially close filming!

Hey CaptureLifeConnection! Great to see you! Very well said sir! Approach is key! Thanks for taking the time to comment!

You only need ops lic £9 yearly, Read up on drone flying rules stay safe, If you want a flyers ID take test score over 30 out of 40 No charge valid for 5 yes.

@@tonyrobinson362 Thanks Tony 👍

Hey Phillip! Thank you sir! Really appreciate all your support. I would say I hope you aren't working too hard but I think I know the answer already!! 😂

Hey Darrell Hickman! Thanks for the kind words, means a lot! Hope you are well.

Hey Jsi Dev! Thanks for your kind feedback, I really appreciate it!

That's awesome Urbexy! We like interested people in the hobby! Good to hear your experience of meeting police whilst flying, thank you for taking the time to share!

Hey Lawrence thank you sir! The chase is in the outtakes haha!! 😂

Hey Phantom Video! Thank you so much for the kind words and for taking the time to comment and share your thoughts, it will help others too. Hope you are well.

Hey graham All by Drone! Thank you! Really appreciate you taking the time to comment!

Hey Shaun! Thanks for taking the time to comment, always appreciate it! Hope. You are keeping well.

Hey David Evans! Thanks for taking the time to comment and for your kind feedback, I really appreciate it!

Hey Simon Everett! Thanks for taking the time to comment, I appreciate it!

Thanks Maxair420! Really appreciate your kind words! To be fair, it was a warm day and nobody needs to see me run hahah!! 😂😂

@@Geeksvana 🤣🤣. Yeah been toasty in the states too. Cool down today. Tropical storm gave us some rain 👍🏽

Hope it isn't hitting you too hard!! We always complain about weather in the UK but we rarely get anything like you guys experience!!

Hey Chris Kendall! Thanks for taking the time to comment, I really appreciate it! Yes, the need for Operator ID and not Flyer ID creates a little confusion although I wonder if most officers will accept the 'registration' number on the drone and be happy. It will be interesting to hear the feedback from people who are stopped and checked this year.

@@Geeksvana police officer here. After talking with a drone hobbyist I now have my own (Mini 2). Laws are slightly confusing at first but soon make sense. Most police won't know the law, but they should be ablecto check easily enough and most forces even have their own drone teams. Excellent kit for policing. Be patient and polite with police and they should be patient and polite with you.

@@pinkyperky3506 " Most police won't know the law, ...." coming from a police person this comment made me smile and confirmed my worst fears 😂

@@barrieshepherd7694 It shouldn't be too suorising. There are tens of thousands of laws, regulations and offences in the UK. Police can only be trained in a finite amount, usually those that are most common or which are currentky topical. They will have additional knowledge based on their specialism. Drones are not something that the average police officer will encounter that often and is not something routinely trained. Most forces have a drone team - who certainly will know the law - who can be asked for advice if required, or it can be looked up on their data pads.

@@pinkyperky3506 Your point has some merit BUT almost all police forces have issued "Drone Policy" documents and given the active press I would have expected that officers would at least have been pointed to reading that policy document. So while not knowing chapter and verse of UK Drone Law/Regulations, they should at least recognise that there is a policy and that it is not a case of 'making it up as they go along' .

Hey Rick Halbur! Hope you are well sir! Really appreciate your support!

Hey Whosthatguy! The thumbnail of me being fake arrested wouldn't have helped!! 😂. Thanks for the comment, appreciate it!

You more than likely will eventually flying a drone in the UK. So not a million miles away from the truth 👍

ME TOO!!

Thanks Andy! We were very lucky to have Chris and all his expertise! Enjoy your kebab!

That would be hilarious! Great idea!

brian forward Policeman, truncheon in hand, chased by a drone, back and forward with added farm animals and washing off the line is the storyboard for that scene!

@@stevefuller2933 hahahahhahaha your imagination is as vivid as mine.... BRILLIANT

Hey Bartek Koch! Thanks for taking the time to comment and for your kind feedback! I really appreciate it!

Hey BigG RC and video! Great to see you! Thanks for taking the time to comment! It is only fair to share our toys 😂😎

Thank you Paul! Really appreciate your support sir! Hope you are feeling well.

Hey Enigmatt! Thanks! I really appreciate you taking the time to comment!!

Plenty of them are just regular guys trying to do their jobs but just as many are aggro wankers out to pick a fight with someone. My last formal altercation with the police was 7 years or so when a pair of coppers jumped out at me from nowhere shining torches in my face and aggressively asking “WHO WERE YOU JUST TALKING TO?” This made no sense because I was on my own literally just stepping into the entrance of a park from a main road, trying to put an empty packet of crisps in a bin, not longer after sunset. They still insisted that there was someone hiding near me. Who was the last person you were talking to? “My mate Fionbharr”. And where is he now? “Northern Ireland”. Don’t be giving me any lip, boy. Do you want to come down the station? For fuck’s sake, you just asked me who I was most recently speaking to and that was my mate on the phone in Belfast, I’m trying to dispose of a packet of crisps and I’ve just come back from the pharmacy with gut medication (which I showed them) and I really want to go home. Are we done yet? They managed to drag this out to 25 minutes including the whole PNC check, and forensically searching the bin wearing white gloves, and determining that there was in fact a recently deposited pack of ready salted Walkers Crisps. They were absolutely desperate to find an excuse to search me for drugs of some kind, but as I pointed out to them they had no probable cause (and we got the “we can do this the hard way if you think you’re clever” chat), and basically unless you’re detaining me I’m going home to do a massive poo. On leaving I briefly stopped just to ask what was the reason they were going to put on their form and they said “suspicious use of a bin”, so I said does that mean you are formally advising me not to use bins after dark because it’s “suspicious” and sufficient grounds for a stop&search? And after brief pause they said “yes”. So apparently that’s official advice from Hampshire police force. Don’t dispose of rubbish at night or we’ll stop you to ask asinine questions and threaten you for half an hour. Granted most of them aren’t like that, but plenty are. I don’t suppose looking vaguely foreign does me any favours.

Hey Independent Observer! Thank you for the kind words and for taking the time to comment! Hope you are well!

Hey KILLERKERNOW TV! Thanks for taking the time to comment, I really appreciate it!

Im just about to get my first drone and the info in your content Is priceless

Hey steve logitech! Thanks for taking the time to comment and for your kind words!

Hey Rodpiker! Great to see you, thanks for the kind words! Yes, in the UK it is fine to record the police. In fact some people make very popular RU-vid channels doing just that! I tend to find they are even more happy if you tell them it was already running. Hope this helps.

Geeksvana cheers

Hey Ray Kelly! Great to see you! Appreciate the kind words! Hope you are well.

Hey Hold Short Runway 27! (love the name), thanks for taking the call and for the kind words! I really appreciate it!

Hey Jonathan Leal! Thank you for taking the time to comment, really appreciate it!!

Thank you Timelesstruths!! Appreciate all your support!!

Thanks for the kind feedback! We do actually have a video to help avoid confrontation that includes some free downloads to print, ready to handout to anyone who approaches - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-AOw6h3CE9Z4.html

@@Geeksvana thanks, will check it out

Thanks for sharing your routine and experience with us Jorge! I really appreciate it. Great idea to wait for better conditions, the wind can really impact the Mini 2.

Hey David! Great to see you. Thanks for taking the time to comment and share your experience! Yes, it will be an interesting period next year to see which countries stick to the new EASA regs and which ones take time to roll out. We are hoping for an announcement from the CAA very soon which might be useful in terms of using a UK A2 cert in the EU. Watch this space!

Absolutely! With covid and Brexit the drone regs across the EU are in flux. Hopefully we will get some clarity before the end of the year. Then we can unleash the power of the Mini!!

Hey Clive Stephenson! Thanks for taking the time to comment! Yes indeed! Also when their was an opportunity to monetise the sub 400ft airspace!

Hey Simon! Thanks for taking the time to comment and for your kind words, much appreciated! In terms of airfields, there is a map available to show each field's individual FRZ, which you can access via this link: dronesafe.uk/restrictions/. If it does not show on there, I would suggest approaching either the CAA drone team on 0330 022 1908 or the airfield operator. As each field is unique it is hard to advise more specifically. Which field is it? Feel free to email me the details if not comfortable placing it in a public comment, (sean@geeksvana.com).

@@Geeksvana Thanks very much Sean, that's really helpful, i have sent you further details in an email. Thanks!

Ops lic only £9 yearly, If you want to take test score over 30 out of 40 valid for 5 yes no charge, I scored 33 out of 40 and only read part of manual the main parts good luck.

@@tonyrobinson362 I see, thanks so much, not bad for 9 yearly, at least you know you can fly safe, better to be safe then sotty, thanks again, really appreciate it :)

@@westyorkshiretraveller No problem happy to help.

@@tonyrobinson362 Awesome, thanks again :)

Now that is out, another great vid, informative and done with incomparable Geeksvana humour

Well said Steve Fuller! We are working with one of drone units to bring an interview to the channel soon. As you state, they are helping to improve knowledge within the forces as a whole. Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts and experience!

Thank you for the kind words!!

yeah I agree. Seeing way too many youtube "auditors" apparently deliberately trying to create confrontations with police. Absolute idiots.

Hey Smiley! Thank you!! 😎

Geeksvana thank you 😉

Hey Nigel! Thanks for taking the time to comment, that should be the next tip!

@@Geeksvana You’re welcome. Check my videos out and subscribe. I got my drone at the end of September 2020. The first upload was from 01/Oct/2020, and I carelessly called my drone a JDI Mavia Air 2!

Hey Colin Dobson! Thanks for taking the time to comment, I really appreciate your kind feedback!

@@Geeksvana yes I think knowing how to deal with the law is very important and to have all your relevant information with you at all times is great advice i had a park ranger approach me in my local park he just stood behind me watching me flying my drone so i said to the ranger I'll bring down my drone and show you how it works he was fine with that and after 5mins talking about the features on my drone and drone laws in Australia he was impressed and said to have a good day sir so yes was good result

Hey John! Thank you so much for taking the time to comment, I really appreciate it!

Hey Jersey Shore Drone Services! Thanks for taking the time to comment! Really appreciate it!

No need for that. Drive outside of big city. Take the drone out of your trunk. Set it up fly. No registrations needed nothing. Simple.

Hey Andrew! Thanks for the kind feedback. That is actually a good friend of mine who is an actor. He often appears on many UK shows as a paramedic or police officer and they tend to own their own uniforms.

@@Geeksvana great gig for him, seems the part.

He is a little too convincing, stayed in character the whole shoot 😂

Hey Dave Jones! I sometimes wonder if Mrs Miggins is the CAA/FAA secret agent! Thanks for taking the time to comment, I really appreciate it!

@@Geeksvana Ah, secret agents....those will be the husbands of Mrs Miggins ;)

Hey G Wal! That's a real shame sir! Where are you located? If in the South East you are welcome to come fly at our club field to gain confidence etc. I know what you mean about making inappropriate jokes and offending. I have had to curtail what I see as humour a lot in recent years!

Hey John of Drones! Well said. Unfortunately, no amount of preparation will avoid arrest if the officer has that in mind. Recent events show that as you state, they will simply pick a charge, any charge.

@@Geeksvana I'm someone who has both security and civil disobedience training as well. My point above is droners should give a thought not to bring anything in your kit or your car that may further complicate a situation that has devolved into an arrest. Many of my commenters kid me for wearing a Hi-Ref vest and lanyard with my ID when I fly in public. I can attest that it avoids many confrontations as well as nosey annoyances.

Absolutely! I strongly believe that. We are about to add a jacket to our merch to try and get more UK flyers to do the same. Excellent advice, thank you!

Totally with you on that. As I said somewhere up the thread, my last serious interaction with the police was where they jumped out at me from nowhere in a park, and spent half an hour absolutely desperately trying to find a way they could arrest me for putting a packet of crisps in the bin. I know my rights and that I don’t even have to give them any of my details if they have no probable cause but this was met with all the usual “want to spend the night in the station sonny, don’t you lie to us” threats, etc. i eventually left free but profoundly unsettled by the experience for some time. It was amazing the lengths they went to to try to find an excuse to fully search me for drugs (after the PNC guys told them “no trace” on the radio), including forensically examining a dustbin, and generally wasting mine and their own time for half an hour, while I was simply trying to get home and take the medication I’d just bought for my gut problems. They saw me walk into the park, followed me in, and yet seemed obsessed with an imaginary person only they could see who had “just run away”. I wish I never had to say this but yes, I’d really recommend filming them too, and don’t use your primary phone as controller.

@@dogstar7 Although the majority of my work will be rural, I’m tempted to get a high-vis jacket, just to ward off eejits, like you suggest.

Hye Mia! Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts! The first time I was approached I did panic a bit. My flight was perfectly legal but it still threw me. I ended up having the conversation with the officer with the drone hovering, which I regret now.

Hey CalmBiker! Thanks for taking the time to comment, I really appreciate it! Perhaps we should report him 😏

Hey Mick! We have a series of video coming up on the channel to explain this type of thing very soon! The Air 2 will be a legacy drone as it does not have a CE classification. However, holders of an A2 CofC would be able to fly them in the A2 airspace for two years! Thanks for the comment, appreciate it!

@@Geeksvana thanks for that look forward to seeing the up and coming videos.

Hey Matt! Yes, local authorities need to assess their publicly published rules in the light of CAP 722C. They should understand they do not control the airspace! Thanks for taking the time to comment, I really appreciate it!

Hi Leonard Oglesby! Thanks for taking the time to comment, I really appreciate it! Any travelling drone flyer would need to register and pass relevant tests between the UKCAA and FAA. Although once the new EASA regulations are in place over the EU, flyers on the continent will be able to fly across border under the same rules and registration!

Hey Edward! Thanks for the kind feedback, I really appreciate it! Are you in the UK? If so, I woild wholeheartedly recommend the Drone Assist app. If you search on Geeksvana channel there is a video showing you how to use it and find places to fly. Hope this helps.

@@Geeksvana thank you for your response, I am in the UK and have been looking for an app like this for a while 😃 I have a question relating to quite a specific issue: What should you do/aren’t required to do when confronted by private security near racecourses (or on private land) I’ve recently had an experience of it and wasn’t sure of my rights. Once again, any advice is greatly appreciated for a newbie pilot

Hey Edward, you are welcome. Very hard for me to comment on individual circumstances as it depends on so many factors and any answer would be filled with a million caveats!

@@Geeksvana no worries, I shall take a look at the app. Thanks for your help

Hey Ian Kelly! Thank you so much for taking the time to comment, I really appreciate it! Hope you are well.

@@Geeksvana I'm very well Sean, I hope you are too! I took advantage of the Geeksvana 20% discount at UAVHub and scored 100% just like you. Keep up the good work!

That's amazing! Good job sir!! I am very good thank you!

Hey Gurinder Punn! Thanks for taking the time to comment. You must keep your drone within 400ft of the closest surface of the earth. So if you are stood on a 500m mountain then you can fly 400ft up from where you are stood. However, if there is undulating surface you must adjust the drone. There is an excellent graphic to describe this on the CAA UK drone registration website. Hope this helps.

@@Geeksvana yes, thanks. I found something in the CAP722 document as well.

Hey Ash! Thank you! Appreciate all you help sir! Looking forward to seeing the new studio launch!!!!! We want more DroningOn!!

Hey slarti bartfast, (love the name), apologies I have moved the link to the top of the description under the main paragraph. It was hard to find with everything else there. Thank you for letting me know, really appreciate it!

Hey Tomas! Thank you sir! Hope you are well! Love the altered channel name!

@@Geeksvana thanks sean for noticing much appreciated ..its time now for me to get few videos sorted ha ha ha .thanks again

Hey John! Important question but hobbyists in the UK are not obliged under law to know who owns the land. They are advised under the drone code to check for signs stating byelaws etc. Thanks for taking the time to comment, I really appreciate it!

If it's public and got no restrictions like by-laws you have the freedom to do so.

Hey John Hickson! Thank you for taking the time to comment and welcome to the hobby! You can complete the DMARES (Drone and Model Aircraft Registration and Education Scheme) here: register-drones.caa.co.uk/ This will give you the Flyer ID and Operator ID required.

Hey Martin Reading! Thank you for the kind feedback! I really appreciate it! Chris, (police actor), was a good sport for the filming of this and we had a lot of fun. Reminds me of more socially mixing times!

@@Geeksvana , yeah hopefully more sociable times will return, I've only just started flying with a mini 2, other hobbies include cycling and haven't ridden with my cycling buddies since about may last year

Hey Lindsay Heyes! That would be an interesting one. Perhaps we could setup a roadside sign, 'free drone flights for police officers`. The policeman in the video was an actor, his bio is in description. We actually decided not to fly the drone whilst filming him for safety reasons. I love the idea though! Thanks for taking the time to comment, I really appreciate it!

@@Geeksvana There's a lot on RU-vid about "Oi, get off moi land" and so on, so I've been tracking down farmers where I can and asking their permission - in case I have to leave a public right of way in some emergency, or to get VLOS for a desired shot. I give my contact details and tell them when I will be around, and nobody has objected in any way. Some say "call me", others say "any time". Today, the news is of crime in the countryside. While out with my drone in the last month, I have come across poachers, wild campers (why were they not using the public access land 50 metres away?) and unauthorised detectorists (well, thieves). It's not surprising that any unfamiliar activity can be a trigger for a farmer to call the police or at least want to check a flyer out. Your recommended approach is spot on for them too. We all think, when in wilderness, that we are the only ones to be there. But filming in a beauty spot is like gunning my motorbike on a quiet road... I may not encounter any other vehicle for miles, but the guy who tends his garden by those bends where I love to get the pegs down can hear the next biker coming before I am out of sight, and might have several hundred bikes roar past every Sunday. Let's just be considerate, and ambassadors for drone flight. It costs nothing. Like the idea of the hi-viz flyers vest, BTW. XXL for me.

Extremely well said! Thank you! The comments sections of my videos are just as informative as the videos themselves because of viewers like you. Such an awesome community!

Hey runnerbean1980! Great to see you, hope you are well. That is a great idea! No question who's drone it is!

Geeksvana thank u Sean and agen thanks for a nother vid and for taking the time not just for me but all your subscribing reviewers stay safe out ther

Hey MrStella1976! I definitely missed a couple of comedy moments 😂. One suggestion in the comments I liked was a 'Benny Hill' style chase at the end 🤣.