Miami Beach police use camera blimp to get around drone surveillance ban

The Miami Beach Police Department found a loophole to circumvent Florida's 2015 ban on police drone surveillance -- a tethered, relatively immobile blimp with a camera attached to the underside. Officially called a 'tethered aerostat,' the helium-filled vehicle was used to monitor the approximately 15,000 people who attended the Capital One Beach Bash over the New Year's holiday. In 2015, Florida passed the Freedom From Unwanted Surveillance Act, which banned the use of drones for police surveil...