DHS pilots will fly drones after as little as one day of training and this is intended to increase public safety?
Source: Russia Today
The Department of Homeland Security will be testing a variety of drones in US air space and their solicitation request requires that all drones be equipped with Electro-Optical/Infra-Red sensors, as well as the technology to sniff out certain chemicals from thousands of feet from above. The UAV must also have an integrated laser designator, can be hand-launched by a single person and must be able to be remotely managed by a pilot with only one day of training.