Drone incursion and counter-drone advisory
Drones over the fence are two different problems.
A port, utility, or launch provider can detect a drone but has no legal authority to stop it. A sheriff's office now has that authority, but only after certification, a written policy, and federal reporting. Both sides need a plan for the moment one hands off to the other.
You can see them. You cannot stop them.
Turn detection logs into a mapped, sourced record of where drones launch, what they approach, and which agency can act. That record supports budgets, insurance, and designation requests.
Start with a Site Exposure Snapshot, $995.
The authority arrived July 1. The capacity did not.
Get certified people, a counsel-ready policy, and an operations plan in place under the SAFER SKIES rule, before the first incident forces the question.
Start with a free command staff briefing.
Authority comes with a calendar.
Renewals, summaries, minimization reviews, and the clocks that start with every operation, kept on time and provable for auditors.
Start with a compliance gap review, $3,500.
The gap in three numbers
Sources: Canaveral Port Authority (June 30, 2026); Congressional Research Service, IF13279 (July 29, 2026); Bureau of Justice Statistics, Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, 2018; 28 CFR Part 124.
Where the two programs meet
The handoff decides the outcome.
A site that can only watch depends on an agency that can act. An agency that can act needs to know where and when to look. Each program is built around that handoff, so operators and agencies plan to the same map.
Detect and record
Sensors, logs, and staff observations, kept in a form an investigator can use.
Report and coordinate
Who gets the call, what they receive, and which authority applies at each location.
Respond and mitigate
Action taken under Part 124 by trained, certified officers, with the reports the rule requires.
Compliance and evidence
Operating lawfully is a record, not a moment.
Part 124 gives agencies authority with a calendar attached, and every sighting is only as useful as the record behind it. Two programs carry that load.
Counter-Drone Compliance
Every recurring Part 124 duty kept on time and provable: annual policy and attestation renewals, semiannual summaries, minimization reviews, post-operation reports prepared for signature, after-action reviews, and federal audit preparation. Each duty is dated, and each completion records where the proof lives in the agency’s own systems.
CUAS Compliance, our Part 124 tracking platform, is now enrolling early agencies.
Drone observer evidence app
The field guide’s sighting log, on an agency phone. An officer records a drone sighting and the app captures the Remote ID broadcast, the officer’s position and time, bearing and elevation to the aircraft, and video sealed with a digital fingerprint at capture. It produces the incident report and the FAA referral in one step.
- Passive only. It never transmits to or controls an aircraft.
- Records events, not people. No face or plate recognition.
- The agency owns the data. Nothing is held by RJ Green Research.
New
A field guide for the deputy at the fence.
The Counter-Drone Field Guide for Law Enforcement and Corrections puts the drone types, the response steps, the federal deadlines, and the incident logs in one pocket-size book.
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About
Air defense training, applied to a new kind of airspace problem.
Robert J. Green is an independent national-security researcher and systems engineer based in Melbourne, Florida, on the Space Coast. His work connects drone law, site exposure, and the public record.
- U.S. Army-trainedAir Defense Artillery officer, Florida Army National Guard
- 30 yearssystems and software engineering experience
- Published analysisLaw360 and Small Wars Journal; "Above the Fence" (September 2026) on the seam between land screening and drone law
- Vendor-neutralNo product, reseller, or integrator relationship to protect
- MBAUniversity of Central Florida
Start here
Tell us what is flying, and what decision is ahead.
Agencies start with a free command staff briefing. Site operators start with a $995 Site Exposure Snapshot. Every paid engagement has a fixed fee or rate agreed in writing before work begins.
Prefer direct contact? robert@rjgreenresearch.org or (321) 252-9283