in october they took howard solomon iii of d.c.o custody for flying a drone near the white house. he did it again this past week in anacostia park. each offense an $85 fine. in wake of what happened this morning at joint base andrews, and in istanbul on tuesday, park police say they are ready to deal with security issues. >> among the national mall here the daily security presence is always robust. however if you have been here for one of the large scale special events it's dramatically increased. precautions have been taken. planning has been going on for months. >> with the unmanned aircraft

in october they took howard solomon iii of d.c. into custody for flying a drone near the white house. he did it again this past week in anacostia park. each offense an $85 fine. in wake of what happened this morning at joint base andrews, and in istanbul on tuesday, park police say they are ready to deal with security issues. >> among the national mall here the daily security presence is always robust. however if you have been here for one of the large scale special events it's dramatically increased. precautions have been taken. planning has been going on for months. >> with the unmanned aircraft we have seen enough video on the website whether people are trying to mount weapons or explosives on the unmanned aircraft. it could come in from any angle for law enforcement officer. richard: then there is the question everyone is asking. what about the weather? what if something happens? they have used the emergency protocols and had people go in the smithsonian museum because of inclement weather. in the last 25 years they have not ca

howard. michael solomon, still with us. former nypd guy. specialist in surveillance.ou're talking about in that area. do you think we'll get any change in the surveillance regime so to speak? in the next six months. >> if we bring back the patriot act originally in congress. stuart: we're not going to. >> that's unfortunate. i know. something the judge said. before you have probable cause, you have to start with reasonable suspicion. reasonable suspicion is when the fbi questioned this guy two years ago. they should have surveilled him even further and then they can get an order or whatever they need. and then the other thing you mentioned sting operations. it's not entrapment if you coerce something to do something they would ordinarily do. if you converse them to do something they wouldn't ordinarily do, that's entrapment. so it's a fine line there. and as far as the daily news and guns, if we closed every gun shop and gun show in america tomorrow and every gun range, these guys would still get guns. and if they didn't have guns, they would do go something else. he

park police identified the man cited as howard sullivan of southeast last october for flying a grown near the washington monument. nbc 4 was unable to contact solomonoday. another drone incident was reported monday morning near the jefferson memorial but officers were unable to find it. >> it's the nation's capital. much stricter rules were put in place after 9/11. you have the white house, the capitol, reagan national airport, dulles national airport. a lot of stuff here to protect. >> reporter: tom sherwood, news4. >>> police are looking for the driver involved in a hit-and-run in waldorf on berry road and greenwood drive. ronald cruise slammed into a blue or black pt cruiser trying to make a turn. cruise was thrown from the vehicle and the driver of the pt cruiser took off. look for that driver. if you were there and have more information, please call police. >>> well, if you buy something online from someone, you can now finalize those sales, make the transaction at a police station. it's called an exchange zone. the goal is to keep you safe. there are two places to do this exchange. at the police station in sully and there are warning signs sa