On the news have been threats of felony charges and Other FAA threats.......How impolite :evil: This is a transcript of the broadcast:SECTION OF KOAT DOT COM. 400 KIDS GOT LOST AT BALLOON FIESTA LAST YEAR... AND OFFICIALS DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN AGAIN. YOUR SAFETY IS THEIR PRIORITY. BYRON MORTON VISITED WITH THE BALLOON FIESTA SAFETY TEAM, AND JOINS US LIVE FROM BALLOON FIESTA PARK. WITH A CROWD OF OVER 100-THOUSAND PEOPLE... OR ROUGHLY THE SIZE OF RIO RANCHO ... PACKED ONTO THIS GREEN FIELD... BALLOON FIESTA PARK... AS A SAFETY TEAM... YOU'VE GOT TO BE READY FOR ANYTHING. ...suspicious packages as well as people. BALLOON FIESTA'S DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY... AL TETREAULT HAS HIS EYES WIDE OPEN. We can pick up little kids. We pick up the strange people. HE AND A CREW OF AT LEAST FORTY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS WILL BE ON SITE AT BALLOON FIESTA PARK AT ALL TIMES. WAITING AND WATCHING. ...we have both infrared and regular cameras. We've got them all around the field. We got them on the concession row. THOSE CAMERAS FEED INTO HERE...THE COMMAND CENTER... WHERE THEY'LL BE WATCHED 24-7. AND... THEY'LL ALSO BE KEEPING AN EYE OUT FOR U-F-OS. Imagine if a pilot was taking off. He's above the crowd... fifty or a hundred feet. And...all of a sudden...one of those drones comes in and hits him. GROWING IN POPULARITY...AL AND HIS SAFETY TEAM WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE... ATTEMPTING TO FLY A DRONE WITHIN FOUR MILES AND 3-THOUSAND FEET ABOVE THE PARK IS AN F-A-A VIOLATION AND WILL BE PENALIZED TO THE HIGHEST DEGREE. AND... LASTLY... THE SAFETY TEAM WANTS TO KEEP YOUR FAMILY TOGETHER. Last year...we had approximately 5-thousand children that were tagged. 4-hundred were lost, out of that. And... guess what. Those 4-hundred weren't tagged. SO, TAG YOUR TOTS RIGHT WHEN YOU GET TO THE FIELD. We want to make sure we're taking good care of the public and keeping them safe. So ...they can have a dang good time. THIS IS THE COMMAND CENTER AND AT NIGHT YOU'LL SEE A FLASHING BLUE CROSS. IF YOU'RE LOST... HURT OR SEE ANY SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY... THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN COME FOR HELP. REPORTING LIVE FROM BALLOON FIESTA PARK. BYRON MORTON K-O-A-T ACTION 7 NEWS. TO TAG YOUR TOTS ... LOOK FOR THE BIG BLACK AND WHITE, STATE POLICE VAN IN THE CENTER OF CONCESSION ROW. OUR BALLOON
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